The Anti-Corruption Commission has filed a case against 17 people including parents of Sohel Rana for their alleged involvement with construction irregularities in building the nine-storey Rana Plaza that collapsed on April 24 last year.
ACC deputy director SM Mofidul Islam filed the case with Savar police station on Sunday afternoon.
The ACC, however, did not included the name of Sohel Rana with the case as the building was owned by his father and the name of Sohel Rana was not found in any of the documented evidences, an ACC official said.
The accused in the case include Savar municipality mayor Refayet Ullah, Rana’s father Abdul Khalek and mother Morjina Begum, the architect of the building and associate professor of the architecture discipline department of Khulna University ATM Masud Reza, Savar municipality ward 7 councilor Mohammad Ali Khan, and three garment unit owners - Phantom Apparels Ltd Chairman Mohammad Aminul Islam, New Wave Bottom Limited Managing Director Bazlus Samad and Ether Tex Limited Chairman Azizur Rahman.
According to the inquiry, the local Savar municipality initially approved the building for a six-storey building and then gave the approval for a 10-storey building, though the municipality has no authority to approve buildings over six storeys.
The building that housed at least five garment factories collapsed and killed at least 1138 people. While over a thousand people survived with injuries and many others are still missing.
