Court Correspondent :
Another accused of the murder filed in connection with the collapse of Rana Plaza surrendered to the court on Monday morning while the court sent him to the jail rejecting his bail plea.
Rajuk building inspector Awlad Hossain surrendered to the Chief Judicial Magistrate Court of Dhaka while Senior Judicial Magistrate Shahjadi Tahmida passed the order, pending other legal procedures. Advocate AKM Nasiruzzaman appeared to the court on behalf of inspector Awlad Hossain.
Accused Awlad has been absconding for a long time to avoid arrest in the sensational case of the collapse that had killed more than 1100 workers
in 2013. Fourteen other accused of the case are still on the run. Police filed the case on April 25, 2013.
On December 21, 2015 the court accepted the charge sheet in the murder case and issued arrest warrants against 24 people who were on the run. The collapse of Rana Plaza led to the death of 1,136 people, mostly garment workers and injured about 2,515 on April 24, 2013.
The building, that housed five garment factories, was built on a swamp and some of its upper floors were illegally added. The collapse triggered criticism at home and abroad in connection with the safety standard in the garment sector. It helps the country earn $25 billion annually from exports, mainly to the United States and European countries.
On June 1, 2015, more than two years after the Rana Plaza tragedy, the Criminal Investigation Department (CID) of police pressed charges against 42 people, including Rana Plaza owner Sohel Rana, in two cases. Of the accused, 17 were common in both the charge sheets submitted to the court by the CID.
Rana’s father Abdul Khalek and mother Marjina Begum and 12 government officials were among the accused.
A total 594 people have been made witnesses in the killing case, while 135 in the other case. Police arrested Rana on April 28, 2013.
Another accused of the murder filed in connection with the collapse of Rana Plaza surrendered to the court on Monday morning while the court sent him to the jail rejecting his bail plea.
Rajuk building inspector Awlad Hossain surrendered to the Chief Judicial Magistrate Court of Dhaka while Senior Judicial Magistrate Shahjadi Tahmida passed the order, pending other legal procedures. Advocate AKM Nasiruzzaman appeared to the court on behalf of inspector Awlad Hossain.
Accused Awlad has been absconding for a long time to avoid arrest in the sensational case of the collapse that had killed more than 1100 workers
in 2013. Fourteen other accused of the case are still on the run. Police filed the case on April 25, 2013.
On December 21, 2015 the court accepted the charge sheet in the murder case and issued arrest warrants against 24 people who were on the run. The collapse of Rana Plaza led to the death of 1,136 people, mostly garment workers and injured about 2,515 on April 24, 2013.
The building, that housed five garment factories, was built on a swamp and some of its upper floors were illegally added. The collapse triggered criticism at home and abroad in connection with the safety standard in the garment sector. It helps the country earn $25 billion annually from exports, mainly to the United States and European countries.
On June 1, 2015, more than two years after the Rana Plaza tragedy, the Criminal Investigation Department (CID) of police pressed charges against 42 people, including Rana Plaza owner Sohel Rana, in two cases. Of the accused, 17 were common in both the charge sheets submitted to the court by the CID.
Rana’s father Abdul Khalek and mother Marjina Begum and 12 government officials were among the accused.
A total 594 people have been made witnesses in the killing case, while 135 in the other case. Police arrested Rana on April 28, 2013.
