The High Court today issued a rule asking the authorities concerned to explain in four weeks why they should not be asked to pay Tk 1 crore compensation to the family of a Dhaka Tribune official who was killed in a road accident on May 18.

Nazim Uddin, a senior executive of the advertisement department of English daily Dhaka Tribune, died when he was knocked down and run over by a bus during the race between two buses of Manjil Paribahan and Srabon paribahan on Mayor Hanif Flyover in Dhaka.

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Another mad race shatters another family

The home secretary, roads and bridges secretary, inspector general of police, commissioner of Dhaka Metropolitan Police and owners of Manjil Paribahan and Srabon paribahan have been made respondents to the rule.

The HC bench of Justice Salma Masud Chowdhury and AKM Zahirul Hoque came up with the rule on a suomot (voluntary) move following newspaper reports on the accident in which Nazimuddin was killed.

SC lawyer Advocate ABM Golam Mustafa placed the reports today before the HC bench for necessary order.

2 transport workers remanded

A Dhaka court today placed Ohidul and Kamal, driver of Sraban Paribahan and helper of Manjil Paribahan respectively, on a one-day remand each in the case filed for killing Nazim Uddin.

Metropolitan Magistrate Pronab Kumar Hui passed the order after Sub-inspector of Jatrabari Police Station Iqbal Hossain, also the investigation officer of the case, produced them before it seeking a seven-day remand for them.

However, no lawyers on behalf of the accused were present in the court.

Police seized both the buses and detained Ohidul and Kamal soon after the accident.