Rana Plaza victim’s skull handed over to relative

A human skull and bones recovered from the debris of multi-storey Rana Plaza at Savar were handed over to the relatives yesterday.

After the skull was found on Friday, police sent it to Dhaka Medical College Hospital.

Savar model police station confirmed that the skull was of Obaidul, a sewing operator of New Wave Bottom on the third floor of Rana Plaza.

Obaidul came from Dakirkanda village in Tarakanda upazila under Mymensingh. He had been missing since the deadly collapse of the building on April 24.

After failing to trace the body of his son, father Hafizur Rahman filed a general diary with Savar police on May 25.

Hafiz received the skull from DMCH.

On Friday, a skull and 10-12 bones of body parts, an identity card and a SIM were recovered from the Rana Plaza site, said Sub-Inspector Shaheen Sheikh.

Some street boys who were scavenging garbage there found the skull from behind the collapsed building.

The identity card displays Obaidul’s name and his position at the factory.

On April 24, the eight storey building at Savar Bazar collapsed leaving at least 1,131 people dead, scores injured while around 200 people are still missing.