Court summons Rly DG over failure to compensate Jihad’s family

The High Court on Tuesday summoned the Bangladesh Railway Director General to appear before it on August 14 and explain the failure to execute its earlier order to provide Tk 20 lakh as compensation to the family of Jihad, who died after falling into an abandoned deep tube-well in Shahjahanpur area of the city on December 26, 2014.
An HC bench of Justice Md Ashfaqul Islam and Justice Mohammad Ali passed the order after a hearing a contempt of court rule.
Barrister Abdul Halim stood for the petitioner while Advocate Asadul Haq represented the Bangladesh Railway.
Earlier on March 1 last, the High Court issued a contempt of court rule on three government officials for not implementing a court order to provide Tk 20 lakh as compensation to the family of Jihad.
An HC bench of Justice Md Ashfaqul Islam and Justice KM Kamrul Kader asked Bangladesh Railway Director General Md Amjad Hosain, Fire Service and Civil Defence DG Brigadier General Ali Ahmed Khan and its Director Major AKM Shakil Newaj to respond to the rule within two weeks.
A legal notice was served to defendants on January 22 as they did not provide the compensation money to the family.    -UNB