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Tazreen Fashions fire

Owner Delwar among 13 indicted

 New Nation
 Published: 12:00 AM, 04 September 2015

Court Correspondent :
A Dhaka court framed charges against 13 people, including Tazreen Fashions Managing Director (MD) Delwar Hossain in two cases filed in connection with the devastating fire that killed 112 factory workers and injured over 200 others in 2012. The factory was at Nischintapur, Ashulia on the outskirts of the capital and the incident happened on November 24 of the year.
Judge SM Quddus Zaman of the District and Sessions Judge’s Court framed the charges, rejecting the discharge petition of the accused on Thursday afternoon. The court also fixed October 1 to begin the trial with recording the depositions of the witnesses.
The thirteen accused persons are: owner and MD Delwar Hossain, his wife Mahmuda Akhtar Mita, Factory Manager Abdur Razzak, Quality Manager Shahiduzzaman Dulal, Production Manager Mobarak Hossain Monju, Manager (Admn) Md Dulal Uddin, Engineer Mahbub Morshed, Store-in-Charges Hamidul Islam and Md Al Amin, Security-in-Charges Al Amin and Anisur Rahman, Security Guard Md Rana and Loader Shamim Mia. Framing the charges, the court sent the case documents to the First Additional District and Sessions Judge Court for trial.
The incident, the worst industrial fire in the history of the country, happened on November 24, 2012.
On December 22, 2013, CID Inspector AKM Mohsinuzzaman Khan and Investigation Officer of the cases submitted homicide charges with the court against the 13 accused.
According to the chargesheet, Delwar and Mahmuda had constructed the building with a defective plan with the help of the accused engineer, and illegally used the groundfloor walkway as a warehouse. There was no fire exit in the factory though Labour Law of the country stipulates that there must be two exits in every factory.
The factory was built a mile away from the main road, making it very difficult for fire fighters to reach the factory compound with their vehicles.
The practical scenario was quite difficult, as the fire alarms went off as soon as the fire broke out, and the panicked workers tried to leave the factory before the fire spread. But the accused managers and security guards told them it was nothing serious and they insisted the workers to go back to their work immediately, even though smoke was billowing from the spot after it had already started burning, the charge sheet noted.
After the devastating incident, two cases were filed of which the police filed one with Ashulia Police Station, accusing 15 staff members on charge of murder on November 25 that happened because of negligence. Later, the case was transferred to the Criminal Investigation Department (CID).
The second case was lodged against Tazreen owners Delwar and his wife, and 29 other staff of the factory on May 29 with the Chief Judicial Magistrate Court of Dhaka by Abdul Matin, brother of missing victim Rehan.