Death in Manhole: Victim's family gets Tk50 lakh compensation

The family of a man who died falling into a sewer through an open manhole on a box culvert in the capital's Paltan on March 6 has received Tk 50 lakh under a Supreme Court directive.

Dhaka South City Corporation (DSCC) gave Tk 25 lakh and Dhaka Water Supply and Sewerage Authority (Wasa) the rest earlier this month, Deputy Attorney General Tapas  Kumar Biswas told The Daily Star.

He said DSCC and Dhaka Wasa lawyers informed this to the High Court recently. 

The bench of Justice Quazi Reza-Ul Hoque and Justice Mohammad Ullah then disposed of a rule it issued earlier over the death of Shanu Miah, who is from Brahmanbaria's Kasba upazila, he added.

The HC had ordered the officer-in-charge of Paltan Police Station to file a case against six government officials and a contractor for their negligence in maintaining the manhole.

The officials filed an appeal and the SC's Appellate Division on March 30 cancelled the HC order and ordered the payout.