Testimony in Murder Case over Rana Plaza Collapse Finally Starts

Around six years after the charge framing in the murder case lodged over the tragic collapse of the Rana Plaza building, where around 1,200 people lost their lives, the lower court concerned finally started recording depositions of the witnesses.

Plaintiff of the case and then sub-inspector of Savar Police Station Wali Ashraf today testified at the court of Dhaka District and Sessions Judge AHM Habibur Rahman Bhuiyan. 

Dhaka District and Sessions Judge SM Quddus Zaman on July 18, 2016, framed charges against the 41 accused in the murder case filed by police over the incident. But the proceedings of the case remained stalled since then because of the stay order issued by the High Court (HC).

Police filed the case over murder because of negligence. CID filed a charge-sheet in the case on April 26, 2015, against 41 including building owner Sohel Rana. A total of 594 people were made witnesses in the case. 

At least 1,136 people, mostly garment workers, were killed and over 2,500 injured in the building collapse on April 24, 2013.