Court asks CID to finish probe by Dec 24

A Dhaka court yesterday asked the Criminal Investigation Department (CID) to submit within seven working days the progress reports on investigation into two cases filed over Rana Plaza collapse.

The order came after Bijoy Krishna Kar, assistant superintendent of police of CID and also the investigation officer of the cases, had failed to submit any probe reports yesterday.

The court also asked the CID to complete the probe and submit those reports of the cases before it by December 24.

Following two petitions submitted by the IO, the same court, earlier on September 18, asked the public administration ministry and Rajuk to immediately approve the names of three government officials to help include them as accused in two cases.

The officials are Md Kabir Hossain, former Savar upazila nirbahi officer; and Uttam Kumar Roy, chief executive officer, and Awlad Hossain, building inspector of Savar Municipality.

Three cases were filed following Rana Plaza collapse on April 24 last year that killed at least 1,135 people and injured hundreds.

Rajuk filed a case against building owner Sohel Rana for structural fault found at the nine-storey building, constructing the structure with substandard materials and violating the national building code.

Savar police filed another case against Rana, his father Abdul Khalek, and the owners of five garments housed in the building for the loss of lives.

Sheuli Akter, wife of Jahangir Alam, whose body was recovered from the collapsed site, filed the other case against Rana, Bazlus Samad Adnan, owner of New Wave Style, and the municipality's  chief engineer.