Rana Plaza owner Sohel granted six-month interim bail

The Excessive Court currently (1 October) granted six-month meantime bail to Sohel Rana, owner of Rana Plaza, in a case filed over the crumple of the ten-storey building in 2013 because of a structural failure killing over a thousand of us.

The HC bench of Justice Md Ataur Rahman Khan and Justice KM Hafizul Alam passed the portray after listening to his bail petition.

Deputy Legal skilled Customary Md Masud Rana, who represented the prosecution in the court docket, talked about the order will enchantment in opposition to the bail portray with the Appellate Division.

Earlier on 6 April 2023, the Excessive Court granted bail to Rana in the identical case. Later, the order counsel filed a petition tough the legality of the HC portray.

Later, on 9 April of the identical Twelve months, the Appellate Division stayed the portray.

On 24 April 2013, Rana Plaza, an illegally-constructed building in Savar that housed 5 garment factories, came down crashing, killing 1,138 of us and injuring over 2,000 others.

On 1 June 2015, Assistant Superintendent of Crime Investigation Department (CID) of police Bijoy Krishna Kar submitted a price sheet in the case in opposition to 41 of us including the building owner Sohel Rana.

A total of 594 of us were made witnesses on this case.

On 18 July 2016, Dhaka District and Session Court Mediate SM Kuddus Zaman framed prices in opposition to the accused and passed an portray to initiate up the trial.

Nonetheless it obtained barred as lots of the accused appealed to the bigger court docket tough legality of the portray.

Trial in the assassinate case filed over Rana Plaza crumple began officially on 31 January 2022 by recording statements of the witnesses.

After clearing the appeals, District and Intervals Court Mediate AHM Habibur Rahman Bhuiyan recorded the issue of the plaintiff, then Sub-Inspector of Savar police spot Wali Ashraf.

Over the tragic incident then SI of Savar police spot Wali Ashraf filed a assassinate case accusing the owner and others of dereliction and negligence in building building.