(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.
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