The High Court yesterday issued a rule asking the authorities concerned to explain why they should not be directed to pay Tk 1 crore compensation to the family of Nazim Uddin who was killed in a road accident in the capital’s Jatrabari area on May 17. Nazim Uddin, a senior executive of the advertisement department of English daily Dhaka Tribune, died when he was knocked down and run over by a bus during the race between two buses of Manjil Paribahan and Srabon Paribahan on Mayor Hanif Flyover in Jatrabari area. The HC bench comprising Justice Salma Masud Chowdhury and Justice AKM Zahirul Hoque came up with the rule on a suo moto (voluntary) move following newspaper reports on the accident in which Nazim was killed. SC lawyer Advocate ABM Golam Mustafa placed the reports before the HC bench for necessary order.

Home secretary, roads and bridges secretary, inspector general of police, commissioner of Dhaka Metropolitan Police and owners of Manjil Paribahan and Srabon Paribahan have been made respondents to reply to the rule within four weeks. Meanwhile, a Dhaka court yesterday placed Ohidul and Kamal, driver of Sraban Paribahan and helper of Manjil Paribahan respectively, on a one-day remand each in the case filed for killing Nazim Uddin.