CHATTOGRAM, July 10, 2024 (BSS)- A Chattogram court today sentenced eight persons to seven years of imprisonment each in a case over the collapse of three girders of an under-construction flyover in Chattogram's Bahaddarhat that left 13 people dead in 2012.

The court of Chattogram Fourth Additional Metropolitan Sessions Judge Shariful Alam Bhunya delivered the judgement in presence of all eight accused.

The convicts are Project Manager Md Gias Uddin of Mir Akhter & Parisha Trade Systems (JV), the contractor for the Bahaddarhat flyover construction project; Supervision Engineer Md Manjurul Islam, Quality Control Engineer Abdul Hai, Md Mosharraf Hossain Riaz, Director (Admin) Engineer Shahjahan Ali, Engineer Abdul Jalil, Engineer Aminur Rahman, and Engineer Rafiqul Islam.

According to the prosecution, three girders of the under-construction Bahaddarhat flyover collapsed on November 24, 2012 leaving 13 people dead and injuring over 50 others.

Following the incident, sub-inspector Abul Kalam Azad filed a case with Chandgaon police station on November 26.