The High Court (HC) yesterday summoned Md Nurul Huda, chairman of Rajdhani Unnayan Kartripakkha (Rajuk) to explain the state of building safety and compliance of rules.
The court asked the Rajuk chief and four police officials-- including Syed Ziauzzaman and Shahabuddin Khalifa, the officers-in-charge of Sher-e-Bangla Nagar and Pallabi police stations-- to appear before it on August 3 to give their statements in connection with the death of a college student.
The two other policemen are Ajit Roy and Ansar Ali sub-inspectors (SI) of Pallabi Police Station.
The court also directed Khaled Mohammad Jewel Mollah, managing director of Sagufta Group, Walid Mollah, its director and Md Osman Ali and Sazzad Hossain the building contractors to appear before it on the same day to explain their roles over the death.
On July 16, Habibur Rahman Munna, 18, an HSC examinee of Tejgaon College, died on the spot when a brick dropped on his head from the 10th floor of a 15-storey building, a construction project of Sagufta Group, on Panthapath in the capital.
On July 26, the HC ordered the OCs to arrest the builders, Khaled and Walid Mollah and summoned the OCs, the builders and Osman to appear before it two days later.
The two OCs appeared before the bench yesterday saying they could not arrest the accused as they were "not available at their residences".
Advocate Anisul Huq, lawyer of the accused, prayed to the court for more time saying they had failed to appear before the court as one of the accused, Khaled had "taken ill".
Meanwhile, Osman told the court that Sazzad, the other contractor was responsible for maintaining the safety of the under-construction building, following which the court summoned Sazzad.
On July 19, the court issued a rule upon the commissioner of Dhaka Metropolitan Police, the two OCs and the builders to explain within two weeks why the company should not be punished for not taking adequate safety measures at the construction site.
Source : The Daily Star
