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HC summons Railway DG over failure to compensate Jihad’s family

Rtv online report

  03 Jul 2018, 00:00

The High Court summoned Bangladesh Railway Director General (DG) Md. Amzad Hossain to appear before it for not complying with its earlier directives to compensate child Jihad’s family. He was asked to appear before court on August 14.

The High Court bench of Justice Md. Ashfaqul Islam and Justice Mohammad Ali passed the order on Tuesday over contempt of court petition filed by Children Charity Bangladesh Foundation.

Lawyer Abdul Halim stood for the petitioner and lawyer Monira Zaman took part in the hearing for Bangladesh Railway.

Lawyers Abdul Halim said, family of ill fated child Jihad was not provided the amount of compensation following court directives. Several notices were given after the month of February. For this reason complain of contempt of court was filed. The court delivered the order after hearing.

Jihad fell into an unprotected several hundred feet deep well shaft at Shahjahanpur Railway colony on December 26, 2014. His dead body was recovered on the following day.

Following the incident, Children Charity Bangladesh Foundation on December 28, 2014 filed a writ seeking compensation for Jihad’s family. After hearing the High Court on February 18, 2016 delivered the verdict.

In the verdict the court ordered Bangladesh Railway and Fire Service and Civil Defense Authority each to pay family of Jihad the sum of 10 lakh taka, total 20 lakh taka within 90 days.

But both the authorities failed to compensate.

AH

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