Rana's 4 associates on 4-day remand

A Dhaka court sent four more persons, who allegedly forced garment workers to join their work despite cracks were found in the Rana Plaza, on a four-day remand yesterday.
They are Abdul Mannan, 37, Md Alamgir Hossain, 30, Mohammad Modhu, 27, and Md Russel Ahmed, 31.
Police said the people are associates of Sohel Rana, owner of Rana Plaza.
The curt passed the order after the Criminal Investigation Department (CID) of Police produced them before it with a seven-day remand prayer.
Earlier on Tuesday night, police arrested the persons from different places in Savar in connection with the April 24 collapse that claimed 1,131 lives.
Bijoy Krisna Kar, assistant superintendent of police, told the court that Rana Plaza's owner Sohel Rana and the four forced the garments workers to work on the 2nd floor of the nine-storey building despite the cracks developed in its pillars on the previous day of the collapse. So, they need to be remanded for the sake of investigation.
During the hearing, Abdul Mannan told the court that his residence is near the Rana Plaza. He went to the spot soon after the collapse of the building and joined the rescue efforts. He rescued six injured garment workers alive.
However, the rest three did not say anything during the hearing.
Earlier on June 10, four owners of the Rana Plaza factories were remanded for two days. They are Anisur Rahman, Aminul Islam, Bazlus Samad Adnan and Mahbubur Rahman Tapash. Police have so far arrested 15 people in connection with the incident.