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SAVAR FACTORY COLLAPSE

Spectrum MD, director refused bail

COURT CORRESPONDENT
A Dhaka court yesterday rejected the bail petition of Managing Director (MD) of the collapsed sweater factory at Savar Sayeed Hossain Shahriar and one of its directors Abul Hashem Fakir.
Judge Mohammad Rafiqul Islam of the Court of District and Sessions Judge, Dhaka in rejecting the bail petition observed that the accused did not produce any papers in support of constructing the ninestoried building, neither did they tell the court how they had constructed the building.
It is more than clear that the incident took place not by chance, but because of the gross neglect of the petitioners, which caused an immea-surableloss tolives and property.
Advocate Khorshed Alam, moving the bail petition, told the court that the MD is the husband of a sitting High Court judge and he would not flee if the court granted him bail.
Dhaka District Public Prosecutor (PP) Mohammad Mohsin Miah opposing the petition said the defence lawyer is influencing the court. He told the court that the accused did not show the structural design or work plan. They constructed the nine-storey building though they got approval from the Cantonment Board, Savar for four storeys.
Court Inspector Jatindra Narayan Saha told the court that the workers did not want to work at night but the owners forced them to work the night shift. Moreover, Detective Branch (DB) Inspector Khurshid-ul-Alam submitted a petition for taking the accused into remand.
The accused are directly responsible for the murder of 79 workers and injuries to 84 others, which adds Section 302 (murder) of Bangladesh Penal Code to the present sections 338 and 304(A), the inspector added.
The court heard both sides for long before turning down the bail petition.
The two accused were produced before the court at 10:30am under tight security and later they were sent to Dhaka Central Jail.
Shahriar, also an owner of Savar Spectrum Sweaters Industries Ltd, and Director Abul Hashem Fakir on May 8 appeared before the court and sought bail.
In the case filed with Savar Police Station, Officer-in-Charge (OC) Inspector Mohammad Nazrul Islam alleged that at about 1:30am on April 12 he came to know on telephone that the nine-storey Savar Spectrum Sweaters Industries Ltd at Palashbari in Savar collapsed, trapping up to 400 workers. Later, he also came to know that the owner constructed the factory without an approved plan from the authorities.
Advocates Abdus Sabur, Sanaullah Miah and Masud Khan Khokan appeared for the accused.