The court in Dhaka issued the warrants for the owners - Delwar Hossain and his wife Mahmuda Akhter - and four others over the deadliest fire that destroyed the Tazreen factory in Ashulia, which supplied apparels for Western retailers including Walmart. Over 200 others were injured in the blaze on 24 November 2012.
Senior judicial magistrate Wasim Sheikh gave the order after declaring all six ‘fugitives’ for failing to appear in court.
He accepted the charges against 13 people, including the owners, factory managers and security guards.
After a year-long probe, police earlier this month filed charges against the 13 people over the disaster, a prosecutor said. All 13 could face life in prison if convicted. They have been charged with manslaughter and death caused by negligence.
The chargesheet said the accused did not allow workers to leave the factory and dismissed a fire alarm as a drill. The probe did not rule out the allegation that the fire may have been an act of sabotage.
The factory, on the outskirts of Dhaka, supplied clothes to several international brands, including US giant Walmart, Dutch retailer C&A and ENYCE, a label owned by US rapper Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs. The fire was the country’s deadliest ever industrial accident till the Rana Plaza garment factory complex collapsed just months later, killing 1,135 people.
Senior judicial magistrate Wasim Sheikh gave the order after declaring all six ‘fugitives’ for failing to appear in court.
He accepted the charges against 13 people, including the owners, factory managers and security guards.
After a year-long probe, police earlier this month filed charges against the 13 people over the disaster, a prosecutor said. All 13 could face life in prison if convicted. They have been charged with manslaughter and death caused by negligence.
The chargesheet said the accused did not allow workers to leave the factory and dismissed a fire alarm as a drill. The probe did not rule out the allegation that the fire may have been an act of sabotage.
The factory, on the outskirts of Dhaka, supplied clothes to several international brands, including US giant Walmart, Dutch retailer C&A and ENYCE, a label owned by US rapper Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs. The fire was the country’s deadliest ever industrial accident till the Rana Plaza garment factory complex collapsed just months later, killing 1,135 people.