Court Correspondent :
A Dhaka court on Thursday fixed March 13 to hear the bail petition of Tazreen Fashions Managing Director (MD) Delwar Hossain in the case filed in connection with the devastating fire in the garment factory in 2012.
Dhaka’s District and Sessions Judge Md Abdul Majid passed the order following a time petition submitted by Delwar’s lawyer. On February 9, a court of Dhaka sent MD Delwar and Chairman of the company and his wife
Mahmuda Akhter to jail, after they surrendered to the Chief Judicial Magistrate Court of Dhaka.
On February 10, Dhaka’s Chief Judicial Magistrate Md Ismail Hossain rejected Delwar’s bail prayer but granted one-month’s conditional bail to Chairman Mahmuda.
On Dec 22 last year, the Criminal Investigation Department (CID) submitted charge sheet against 13 officials of Tazreen Fashions Limited including six fugitives, Chairman and MD.
The CID Inspector AKM Mohshinuzzaman Khan submitted the charge sheet and the Chief Judicial Magistrate (CJM) Court’s Senior Judicial Magistrate Wasim Sheikh fixed December 31 for cognizance hearing.
Other seven accused of the case included Security Suprvisor Hamidul Islam Lavlu, Al-Amin, Anisur Rahman, Store-in-Charge Al-Amin and Loader Shameem Mia, Security Guard Rana alias Anarul. However, they secured bail from the court.
But, Assistant Production Manager Sohel Rana, Cutting Loader Sujan Hawlader and former Chairman late Abdul Quddus’s names were not included in the charge sheet.
On November 24 last year, at least 112 people were killed and over 100 injured overnight in the devastating inferno at Tazreen Fashions at Ashulia under Savar upazila.
On November 25 of the year, a case was filed with Ashulia Police Station in connection with the fire. Later the case was transferred to CID.
