Rajuk inspector sent to jail over Rana Plaza collapse

A Dhaka court today sent Rajuk's building inspector to jail after he surrendered before it in a murder case filed over Rana Plaza collapse that killed at least 1,136 people in April 2013.

Senior Judicial Magistrate Shahajadi Tahmida passed the order rejecting bail petition of Md Awlad Hossain. Her court had issued arrest warrant against Awlad on December 21 last year after the investigation officer showed him a fugitive in the case.

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Police on June 4 this year pressed murder charges against 41 people, including the building's owner Sohel Rana, for their alleged roles in the country's deadliest industrial disaster in history.

Eighteen people were also charged for "violating building codes" in constructing the nine-storey building in Savar that housed five garment factories.

According to the case statement, the shoddily constructed commercial building came crashing down on the morning of April 24, 2013, leaving 1,136 people dead and injuring 1,169 more.