The court of Senior Judicial Magistrate Wasim Sheikh also granted
the law keepers 12 days to quiz Ethertex Limited Chairman Anisur Rahman in the
same cases.
Nine-storied Rana Plaza caved in on Wednesday killing over
380 people. The building housed five readymade garment factories, including
Ethertex Limited.
Case’s Investigation Officer and Detective Branch
Police Inspector Shahin Shah had sought 20 days to grill the Juba League leader
Rana, who is being widely blamed for the heavy loss of lives in the Dhaka
suburb.
Rana reportedly took no heed of the cracks that surfaced in the
Rana Plaza and dismissed it as ‘nothing serious’ on Tuesday.
Police and
capital's development authority RAJUK had filed two cases after the accident
implicating Rana, his father and owners of the five garment
factories.
Judge Sheikh granted an eight-day remand of Rana in the case
filed by police and seven days in the one filed by RAJUK relating to the
building construction code violation.
The majority of the victims in the
collapse on Wednesday were readymade garment workers, who were forced into work
by the factory owners on Wednesday despite safety alerts raised by the
Industrial Police the previous day.
In the face of severe criticism over
the delay in Rana’s arrest, Rapid Action Battalion arrested him, along with Shah
Alam Mithu and Anil, on Sunday from Benapole of Jessore while trying to flee to
neighbouring India.
Both Mithu and Anil were reportedly helping Rana
escape.
The court also granted the law keepers five days to grill the duo
in their custody in another case filed by police over the collapse.
After
bringing Rana back to Dhaka from Benapole in a helicopter, RAB Director General
Mokhlesur Rahman on Sunday told reporters, “Rana is responsible for the deaths
at Savar. He forced the workers to join duty.”
Earlier, police arrested
and remanded Aminul Islam, who owns Phantom Apparels and Phantom Tac Limited,
New Wave Bottom owner Mahmudur Rahman Tapas and New Wave Style owner Bazlus
Samad Adnan.
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