A lawyer filed a writ petition with the High Court yesterday seeking Tk30 lakh in compensation for the family of Ismail Hossain Nirob, who died after falling in a manhole in the capital’s Shyampur on December 8.
Chairman of Children Charity Foundation Abdul Halim filed the petition and the court is likely to hear it today or tomorrow.
Five-year-old Nirob fell in the manhole in the afternoon and his body was found more than four hours later at Shyampur Bazar sluice gate.
The petitioner pleaded with the court to issue a ruling as to why the victim’s family would not be given the compensation.
The petitioner also urged the court to ask officials for submitting a list of uncovered manholes, and unmaintained wells, pipes, sewerage lines within a month.
The court was also requested to order police to identify the owner of the place where the uncovered manhole is located in Shyampur and also the authority that is supposed to look after its maintenance.
A total of 13 people, including the home secretary, Dhaka Wasa chairman and Dhaka North City Corporation mayor, were made respondents in the writ petition.