Rana Plaza collapse: RMG factory owner denied bail

The High Court today denied bail to Aminul Islam, owner of a garment factory housed in Rana Plaza building that collapsed in 2013, in a corruption case.

The HC bench of Justice Quamrul Islam Siddique and Justice Amir Hossain returned the bail petition of Aminul to his lawyer.

Aminul was owner of Phantom Apparels Ltd, an RMG factory housed in Rana Plaza building in Savar which collapsed on April 24, 2013 killing 1135 people.

During today’s proceedings, ACC lawyer Khurshid Alam Khan told the court that there are specific allegations against Aminul of establishing his garment factory on two floors in the Rana Plaza building.

RMG factories cannot be established in any commercial building as per existing law, the ACC lawyer said.

He cannot avoid the responsibility of the death of so many people, he said.

The ACC has filed the case with Savar Police Station on June 15 last year against Aminul on charge of committing corruption in establishing the RMG factory in the building.

Khurshid Alam told The Daily Star that Aminul could not be released from jail following the HC order.

Aminul’s lawyer AM Amin Uddin prayed for his bail saying that the HC earlier granted bail to two other accused in the same case.