No justice in 8 years
Thousands of people join rescue works following the collapse of Rana Plaza building at Savar in Dhaka. File photo
Not a single prosecution witness out of 594 has been examined in the past five years since the charges were framed in the murder case filed over the Rana Plaza collapse which had killed 1,138 people, mostly apparel workers, and injured over 2,400 at Savar on April 24, 2013.
Officials said that the murder charges were framed against 41 people, including Juba League leader Sohel Rana, on July 18, 2016 but none of the 594 prosecution witnesses has been examined yet.
A total of 14 cases have been filed over the building collapse.
8th Anniv of Rana Plaza Tragedy: Justice remains elusive
24th April, 2021 11:43:29
Eight years have elapsed since the tragic Rana Plaza building collapse, but there is no major progress in the proceedings of the two cases filed over the country’s deadliest industrial disaster.
The wait for justice is not going to be over anytime soon, as the trial in one of the two cases filed on charges of killing of more than 1,100 people has not begun yet.
Another case filed on charges of the violation of building codes in the construction of the nine-storey Rana Plaza is facing a similar fate.
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