A case has been filed against China Gazhuba Group Corporation (CGGC) due to negligence over death of five people when the under-construction flyover's girders fell on private cars in the capital's Uttara.
The case was filed at the Uttara West Police Station in the early hours of Tuesday.
Uttara police station (West) OC Mohammad Mohsin confirmed the matter to The Business Post.
He said that Afran Mondal Babu, brother of Fahima Akhtar and Jharna Akhtar filed the case against unknown persons including the crane operator.
Investigations have already started to trace those involved. Primarily, we identified the crane operator, he said.
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Therefore, a six-member panel probing the Dhaka Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) girder tragedy has submitted a preliminary report to the government, UNB has learnt.
On Monday, the Ministry of Road Transport and Bridges formed a six-member probe committee to investigate the tragedy.
Nilima Akhter, additional secretary of the Road Transport and Highways Division, has been made the head of the committee. The panel has been asked to submit a full report within the next two days.
Earlier on Monday afternoon, the five, including two children, died after one girder of the BRT project fell on their private car. A newlywed couple also travelling in the same car, fortunately escaped death.
The deceased were identified as Rubel, 50, Fahima, 40, her sister Jhorna, 28, and Jhorna's two children Jannat, 6, and Jakaria, 2, said Yeasin Gazi, inspector of Uttara west police station.
Rubel's son Hridoy, 26, and his wife Ria Moni, 21, escaped with serious injuries and were rushed to a local hospital. "They are currently out of danger," said the officer.
Fahima and Jhorna were aunts of Ria Moni, said their brother, Afran Mondol.
The accident occurred around 4:15pm when the girder of the Gazipur Expressway fell on the car from a crane while it was being moved in front of Gazipur Paradise Tower, he added.
Firefighters recovered the five bodies from the ill-fated car and handed those over to the police.
The tragedy occurred exactly a month after a worker was killed by a falling crane in the Gazipur part of the project.
Also, last year, six workers escaped with injuries after a part of a launching girder collapsed near them, close to Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport in Dhaka.
