Pay Tk 1 crore to Rajibs family
HC asks bus operators
STAFF REPORTER
The High Court (HC) yesterday ordered state-run BRTC and Swajan Paribahan to pay Tk 1 crore to the family of Rajib Hossain, a student of Govt Titumir College, who lost his right arm in a collision of the two buses and consequently died. The bus owners have been asked to pay Tk 50 lakh each within a month to the account of Rajibs aunt Jahanara Begum and their relative customs officer Omar Faruk with Sonali Banks principal branch.
The HC said that the bus owners will have to pay Tk 50 lakh within a month and that it would fix the next date for the payment of the remaining amount after receiving a compliance report.
The The HC bench comprising Justice Salma Masud Chowdhury and Justice A K M Zahirul Hoque also directed the bus owners to submit a report to this court by June 25 after complying with the order. The HC also fixed June 24 for the next hearing.
Barrister Ruhul Quddus Kazal, the writ petitioner, said, a joint account will be opened at the principal branch of the Sonali Bank in the name of Rajibs aunt Jahanara Begum and relative Omar Faruk. Jahanara and Rajibs two brothers---
Mehedi Hasan Bappy, 13, and Abdullah, 11, both madrasa students, were present in the court during yesterdays hearing.
After two weeks in coma, third-year student Rajib Hossain died at Dhaka Medical College Hospital (DMCH) on April 17.
Rajib lost the hand after it got stuck between two speeding buses of BRTC and Swajan Paribahan, which were trying to overtake each other on April 3.
Profusely bleeding, he was taken to Samorita Hospital in Panthapath of the capital. Later, he was shifted to the DMCH. After a photograph of Rajibs hanging hand was published on April 4, Barrister Ruhul Quddus Kaza, a Supreme Court lawyer, filed a writ petition on the same day with the High Court seeking necessary order for the treatment of Rajib and ensuring free movement of people.
In the rule, the court also asked the government to show cause as to why it should not be directed to strictly enforce the relevant laws and rules for free movement of the people in the streets.
