Rana, 9 others indicted for amassing illegal wealth
A Dhaka court today framed charges against Sohel Rana, owner of the Rana Plaza, and nine others including his parents in a case filed against them on charge of accumulating wealth illegally.
Sohel and nine others pleaded not guilty and demanded justice after Judge M Atoar Rahman of the Special Court of Dhaka Division read out the charges to them.
However, the court dropped names of eight accused from the charge sheet.
After framing the charges, the court fixed July 5 for starting trial of the case.
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Sohel Rana is now in jail while nine others are on bail.
The Anti Corruption Commission (ACC) lodged the graft case with Ramna Police Station in Dhaka against Sohel and 17 other people on May 20 in 2015. Later the ACC formed a two-member probe body to know about the wealth of Sohel Rana.
The anti-graft watchdog started investigation about his wealth after the Rana Plaza collapsed on 24 April in 2013, which left 1,129 people killed and about 2,515 others injured.
According to the ACC probe report, he built two commercial buildings--Rana Plaza and Rana Tower--in Savar with ill-gotten money.
He also has a five-storey residential building in Savar and huge movable and immovable wealth.
Sohel Rana was arrested after the collapse on April 29, 2013.
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