A Dhaka court has asked the Criminal Investigation Department (CID) to submit its probe reports by September 18 in two cases filed in connection with the Rana Plaza collapse.
Dhaka Senior Judicial Magistrate Kazi Shahidul Islam passed the order as CID Assistant Superintendent Bijoy Krishna Khar, also the investigation officer of the cases, failed to submit the probe reports yesterday.
On June 30, the court asked the CID to submit the probe reports before the court on August 13.
Meanwhile, Additional Public Prosecutor Anwarul Kabir Babul yesterday filed a petition before the court seeking a progress report of the investigation of cases.
Babul said: “We filed a petition with the court seeking a progress report on the investigation, and the court granted it and asked the CID to submit a progress report.”
On April 24 last year, the collapse of Rana Plaza, which housed five garment factories, a shopping mall and a bank, left at least 1,135 people dead and over 2,000 others wounded.
Rajuk official Md Helal Uddin filed one of the cases against building owner Sohel Rana for structural fault at the nine-story building, construction of the structure with substandard materials, and violation of the National Building Code.
The other case was filed by Sub-Inspector Wali Ashraf of Savar police station against Rana, his father Abdul Khalek and owners of the five garment factories housed in the nine-storey building, in connection with the loss of lives.
Apart from the two cases, Sheuli Akter, wife of Jahangir Alam, whose body was recovered on April 24, filed another case against Rana, New Wave Style garment factory owner Bazlus Samad Adnan, and the chief engineer of Savar municipality.
The court, however, asked the CID to investigate the case together with the one filed by police immediately after the incident.
Seven out of 21 accused in the cases are now on bail, while the rest including Sohel Rana is in jail.
