CID asked to submit Rana Plaza probe report Aug 13

A Dhaka court has ordered the Criminal Investigation Department (CID) to submit the probe report on Rana Plaza collapse on August 13.

Dhaka Senior Judicial Magistrate Washim Sheikh passed the order as the CID failed to submit the report on Monday morning.

Earlier, the court had fixed June 30 for submitting the report. But, Investigation Officer Bijoy Krishna Kar, an assistant superintendent of police of CID, failed to meet the deadline.

Two cases were filed with Savar police station following the collapse of Rana Plaza.

Rajdhani Unnayan Kartripakkha (Rajuk) filed a case against the building owner for the structural fault found at the building and constructing the structure using substandard materials and violating building code.

Wali Ashraf, a sub-inspector of Savar police station, filed the other case against Rana, his father Abdul Khalek and the owners of the five garments housed in the building for loss of lives and damages.

The building that housed at least five garment factories was collapsed with killing at least 1138 people while over a thousand people were survived with injuries and many are still missing.