RMG owner denied bail in graft case

The High Court yesterday in a corruption case denied bail to Aminul Islam, owner of garment factory, Phantom Apparels Ltd that was housed in Rana Plaza of Savar.

The Anti-Corruption Commission filed the case with Savar Model Police Station on June 15 last year against Aminul and 16 others on the charge of corruption in establishing the factory in the floors of Rana Plaza violating the Bangladesh National Building Code.

ACC lawyer Khurshid Alam Khan told the court that there are specific allegations against Aminul of establishing the factory in Rana Plaza that collapsed on April 24, 2013 killing 1,135 people.

RMG factories cannot be established in any "commercial building" as per the law, said the ACC lawyer adding that Aminul cannot avoid responsibility of the deaths. Aminul's lawyer AM Aminuddin told The Daily Star that he would move his client's bail petition to another HC bench.