SC stays HC order on compensation to Rajib’s family

The Appellate division of Supreme Court (SC) has stayed a High Court (HC) order that directed BRTC and Swajan Paribahan to pay Taka one crore to the family of Rajib Hossain, who died of his injuries in a city hospital on April 17 following an accident in the capital on April 3.

A four-member Appellate Division bench headed by Chief Justice Syed Mahmud Hossain on Tuesday passed the order after hearing an appeal filed by BRTC seeking a stay on the High Court order for compensation. 

On May 8, the High Court ordered the authorities of two bus companies to pay Taka one crore to the family of Rajib.

Rajib Hossain, a second year bachelor degree student of Government Titumir College, died on April 17, ending a two-week struggle for life after losing his right hand being trapped between two speedy buses at Sonargaon Crossing in the city on April 3.

The court in its order said the money would be deposited in the joint account of Rajib's aunt Jahanara Begum and their relative customs official Omar Faruk. The court ordered them to open the account at the Motijheel branch of Sonali Bank Limited.

Rajib was living in a mess at Jatrabari with his two younger brothers, Mehedi Hasan, a class seven student, and Abdullah, a class six student of Tamirul Millat Madrasha.

He lost his mother when he was in class three and father in class eight and he had been guardian of his two younger brothers since then.