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A Dhaka court has sent the owners of two readymade garment factories to jail after their remand in connection with the two cases filed over the collapse of Rana Plaza, that has so far claimed over 1,000 lives, ended.
Published : 10 May 2013, 11:13 AM
Updated : 10 May 2013, 11:15 AM
Senior Judicial Magistrate Wasim Sheikh on Friday rejected bail pleas of the accused.
New Wave Bottoms Chairman Bazlus Samad Adnan, 45, and its Managing Director Mahmudur Rahman Tapash, 48, were sent on a 12-day remand, two days after the nine-storied block caved in. The following day, Aminul Islam, 50, Chairman of Phantom Apparels Ltd, and Phantom Tek Ltd was sent on an 11-day remand in the same cases.
The defence counsel argued the accused had vacated their factories after huge cracks appeared the day before the collapse and blamed Sohel Rana, owner of Rana Plaza, and the Thana Executive Officer for forcing them to operate on the day.
After the accident, the Savar police filled a case against the accused while the capital’s development authority RAJUK filled another.
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