The High Court (HC) on Wednesday directed the chief factory inspector and the Bangladesh Garment Manufacturers and Exports Association (BGMEA) to submit a report before it by July 18 on compensating the victims of the Tazreen fire incident. A devastating fire at Tazreen in Ashulia on November 24 last year killed at least 112 people and injured many others.The HC also wanted to know from the chief inspector Md Moshiur Rahman and the BGMEA president Md Atiqul Islam what criteria they followed during the allocation of the compensation to the Tazreen victims.
It also asked the fire service department to submit a report before it by July 18 on what actions it has taken after the deadly fire incident, which allegedly took place due to ‘negligence of the factory owner Md Delwar Hossain’.
The HC also asked Delwar Hossain, owner of Tazreen Fashions Ltd, to further appear before it on July 18.
The HC bench comprising Justice Quazi Rezal-Ul Hoque and Justice ABM Altab Hossain passed the directives during the hearing of a rule issued by it earlier over the issue.
Delwar appeared before the HC bench today morning as per its June 9 order.
The deputy attorney general Biswojit Roy submitted the government probe committee report over the Tazreen fire before the bench today.
Earlier, the HC issued a rule asking the government to explain why the people responsible for the incident of fire should not be punished and why the victims of the incident should not be compensated.
-With The Independent input
