The High Court yesterday ordered immediate arrest of builders Sagufta Group's managing director and director in connection with the death of a college student.
The officers-in-charge of Sher-e-Bangla Nagar and Pallabi police stations were ordered to arrest Khalled Mohammad Jewel Mollah, managing director, and Walid Mohammad Mollah, director.
Hearing a suo moto rule, an HC bench also directed the two OCs, Khaled , Walid and contractor Md Osman Ali to appear before it tomorrow along with relevant papers to explain their responsibilities concerning construction of the building in violation of safety rules, and the death of the student.
The bench comprised of Justice AHM Shamsuddin Chowdhury Manik and Justice Gobinda Chandra Tagore, however, exempted Chairman of Sagufta Group Noor Mohammad from personal appearance before it considering his old age.
Habibur Rahman Munna, 18, an HSC examinee from Tejgaon College, was killed on the spot on July 16 as a brick fell on his head from the 10th floor of an under-construction 15-storey building of a Sagufta project on Panthapath in the capital.
On July 19, the court issued a rule upon the commissioner of Dhaka Metropolitan Police, the two OCs and Sagufta Group to explain within two weeks why the company should not be punished for not taking appropriate safety measures at the construction site.
Noor Mohammad and Khalled appeared before the HC bench yesterday as per its July 19 rule.
Their counsel Anisul Huq told the court that the two were not responsible for the death of a student as they had given all responsibilities of the construction to the director and contractor.
The court said nobody will be allowed to evade justice after committing such a serious offence.
Deputy Attorney General ABM Altaf Hossain stood for the government.
Source : The Daily Star
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