HC directs S Alam to pay Tk 5 lakh each to victims’ families
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The High Court yesterday directed S Alam Group, one of the owners of SS Power I Plant in Chattogram s Banshkhali upazila, to immediately give Tk 5 lakh to each of the families of the seven victims who were killed after police opened fire during a demonstration by workers on April 17.
In response to two writ petitions, the HC asked the deputy commissioner and the superintendent of police of Chattogram to submit their inquiry reports to it in 45 days.
S Alam Group has also been ordered to submit a report on what measures it has taken to compensate the families of the deceased and injured and also for their treatment to the HC in 45 days.
HC asks S Alam Group to pay Tk 5 lakh to each Banshkhali victim’s family
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The High Court today directed S Alam Group, owner of SS Power I Plant of Banshkhali in Chattogram, to give Tk 5 lakh as initial cost to the family of each victim killed in police firing on April 17 this year.
In response to two separate writ petitions, the HC asked the deputy commissioner and superintendent of police of Chattogram to submit their inquiry reports over the incident in 45 days.
S Alam Group has also been ordered to submit a report on what measures it has taken to compensate the deceased s families and those who were injured and also for their treatments to the HC in 45 days.
Workers stand in front of a check post as their colleagues set fire to a pile of discarded goods at a majority Chinese-funded power plant during a clash with police in Chittagong’s Banshkhali sub-district in southeastern Bangladesh, April 17, 2021. BenarNews
A Bangladesh court Tuesday ordered a conglomerate to compensate relatives of seven workers gunned down by police during a labor protest at its majority Chinese-funded power plant last month, amid calls for a transparent and swift investigation into the incident.
The Bangladesh High Court also ordered two investigative committees to submit their reports within 45 days on the April 17 incident, which began as a protest by employees against pay and working conditions at the plant in the southeast and disintegrated into violence.
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Published: 25 Apr 2021 05:47 PM BdST
Updated: 25 Apr 2021 05:47 PM BdST
The writ petition over a clash between police and workers at a power plant in Chattogram’s Banshkhali is slated to be heard on Monday. );
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The petitioners have appealed for Tk 2 million in compensation for the families of each worker killed in the clash.
A virtual High Court bench of Justice M Enayetur Rahim and Justice Sardar Md Rashed Jahangir will hear the case.
Supreme Court lawyer Syeda Nasrin filed the writ petition on behalf of human rights organisation Ain O Salis Kendra on Thursday.
“We mentioned the petition to the court today, and the court scheduled the hearing for Monday,” she said.
Banshkhali power plant killings: Writ petition seeks HC order for judicial enquiry Star Digital Report Star Digital Report
Ain O Salish Kendra (ASK), a leading rights organisation, yesterday filed a writ petition with the High Court seeking its directive on the authorities concerned to conduct a judicial enquiry into the killings of workers at SS Power I Plant at Chattogram s Banshkhali upazila on April 17.
In the petition, the organisation requested the HC to order the authorities to take appropriate legal action against those who were involved in killing and injuring the workers.
ASK also requested the HC for its directive on the authorities to give Tk 3 crore in compensation to the families of the workers who were killed, and Tk 2 crore compensation to families of the injured.