(Bloomberg) -- Bangladesh brought murder charges against 41people for the 2013 collapse of a garment factory building thatkilled more than 1,100 people, the nation’s worst industrialdisaster.

Charges were brought against a total 42 people, including theowners of five workshops housed in the building, Bijoy Krishna Kar,assistant superintendent of police and the lead investigator, toldreporters in the capital. Sohel Rana, owner of Rana Plaza, wasamong those charged with murder.

In April 2013, Rana asked workers to return to the workshopsdespite cracks being found in the structure. Engineers werechecking the building and it was safe, he said at the time.

It collapsed the next day, sparking an international movement tobolster protections for workers in the world’s second-largestgarment industry, which supplies retailers including Loblaw Cos.and Associated British Foods Plc.

Rana was arrested after security forces tracked him to a westernborder town from where he planned to flee into India.

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