Notice to pay Tk 20 lakh to Jihad's family 

Staff Correspondent: A legal notice has been served to the authorities concerned to pay Tk 20 lakh to Jihad's family within 14 days as they did not accomplish the High Court (HC) order in this regard.

Barrister Abdul Halim, on behalf of family of Jihad, who died falling down a 300-foot well shaft in the capital's Shahjahanpur in 2014, issued notice on Monday.

The notice was served to Amzad Hossain, Director General of Bangladesh Railway, Brigadier General Ali Ahmed Khan, Director General of Fire Service and Civil Defence, and  Major AKM Shakil Newaz, Director of Fire Service.

A case over contempt of court will be filed with the High Court if the money will not be paid within 14 days, the notice read.

Following a writ petition, the HC on February 18, 2016, had delivered its short judgment saying that the government would have to compensate the family of Jihad, but the court had not specifically said any amount of the compensation.

Later, in the full text verdict, the court asked the authorities concerned of the government to pay Tk 20 lakh as compensation to his parents.

As per the direction, Bangladesh Railway and Bangladesh Fire Service and Civil Defence were ordered to pay Tk 10 lakh each within 90 days.

Jihad fell into an unprotected well shaft while playing with other children in Shahjahanpur Railway Colony on December 26, 2014.

risingbd/Dhaka/January 23, 2018/Mehade/A K Azad