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Rana Plaza: Sohel Rana receives ad-interim bail

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Wed Oct 2, 2024 02:52 AM Last update on: Wed Oct 2, 2024 04:36 AM

Sohel Rana's bail stay order extended in Rana Plaza collapse case

Sohel Rana, owner of the Rana Plaza. Star file photo

The High Court yesterday granted ad-interim bail to Rana Plaza owner Sohel Rana for six months in a case filed over deaths during the collapse of the plaza in April 2013.

The bench of justices Md Ataur Rahman Khan and KM Hafiz-Ul Alam also issued a rule, asking the state to explain why he should not be granted regular bail.

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At least 1,135 people, mostly garment workers, were killed and over 2,500 injured as the nine-storey building came crashing down in Savar on April 24, 2013, raising questions about labour and human rights standards in Bangladesh.

Wali Ashraf, sub-inspector of Savar Police Station, filed the murder case, accusing Sohel, a former Jubo League leader, his father and several others.