Rana Plaza murder case: 2 ministry officials get bail

Two factory inspectors of the labour ministry got bail today in the murder case filed over Rana Plaza collapse that killed over 1,100 people in April 2013.

Senior Judicial Magistrate Shahajadi Tahmida passed the order after Shahidul Islam and Yusuf Ali surrendered before it seeking bail in the case.

Earlier on February 8, the same court sent a Rajuk building inspector to jail after his surrender in the same case. This is the first time that any accused got bail from the lower court in the case.

On December 21, 2015, a Dhaka court took into cognisance the charge sheet in the murder case that charged Rana Plaza owner and 40 others.

At least 1,136 people died when multistoried Rana Plaza, housing mostly garment factories, crashed in Savar’s Ashulia – what was the worst industrial disaster in a century.

Most of the dead were garment workers who toiled day and night stitching clothes for global brands.