# Sheikh Hasina ordered to bury those trapped in Rana Plaza

> April 24 was a terrible day 11 years ago. The Rana Plaza collapse in Savar shook the whole world including Bangladesh. There are families of those who were injured and killed in that incident, the desperate cries of the…

Published: 2024-08-27 · Desk: Bangladesh · Source: Jamuna TV

April 24 was a terrible day 11 years ago. The Rana Plaza collapse in Savar shook the whole world including Bangladesh. There are families of those who were injured and killed in that incident, the desperate cries of the people struggling to survive are still in the eyes of countless people. That call for a drop of water or a little oxygen still rings in the ears. In that tragic incident, 1136 died and 2438 people were rescued alive. The army's 9th Infantry Division was responsible for the overall supervision of the rescue operation. The head of which was Savar's General Officer Commanding or GOC then Major General Chowdhury Hasan Sarwardy.
The former SSF chief, who was in jail since October 2023, was released on August 6. He claimed that Sheikh Hasina had ordered to show the number of victims in Rana Plaza to be less. He said, at one stage of the rescue work, former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina instructed me, many have been rescued, now bury the trapped ones. Former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina gave instructions to stop the rescue work. But he did not agree to stop it. In response, he said that it is impossible, he was carrying out the rescue work on the orders of Sheikh Hasina. First, he was instructed to carry out this operation until all persons, dead or alive, were rescued.
Later, Sheikh Hasina told him that a garment called Spetra Garments was destroyed during BNP's tenure. In that incident, everyone was buried and no one was rescued.
Reshma was rescued alive from Rana Plaza after 17 days. Many people have doubts about the discussed event. What actually happened then! In this regard, he said, after the rescue of Reshma, there was a lot of talk. There has been a protest about it in Parliament. It has been asked to know how it was rescued and what happened. I and other organizations called for a judicial inquiry into the incident.
Not only Rana Plaza, in November 2012, 117 garment workers were burned to death in a garment factory called Tazreen Fashion. The number of injured exceeded 200. Hasan Sarwardi claims that even during the Tazreen fashion incident, the former head of government gave him instructions that the law is not perfect.
He said, first through the army headquarters and then the prime minister himself said that these bodies should be handed over to the police and disappeared. When I asked the reason for this, the Prime Minister said that if the bodies are not removed, BNP and Khaleda Zia will march with the bodies the next day. They will start a movement against the government by blocking the roads.

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