Pay Tk 10 lakh to Rajib’s family in 30 days: SC

The Supreme Court today ordered the owner of Sajan Paribahan to give Tk 10 lakh in a month to the family of Rajib Hossain, a student of Govt Titumir College, who lost his right arm after being pressed between two buses in the capital and died later.

A four-member bench of the Appellate Division headed by Chief Justice Syed Mahmud Hossain passed the order after hearing a petition filed by Sajan Paribahan challenging a HC verdict.

The court also fixed November 17 for the next hearing of the case. 

The HC on June 20 asked two bus companies - Bangladesh Road Transport Corporation (BRTC) and Sajan Paribahan - to pay in two months Tk 25 lakh each to Rajib’s brothers Mehedi Hasan Bappi, 16, and Abdulla Hridoy, 15

Rajib, who was a 3rd year student of Government Titumir College, lost his hand between two racing buses in Dhaka on April 3 last year. He later succumbed to death from his injuries on April 17.