Relatives, survivors, activists and people from all walks of life gather at the site of the Rana Plaza building to mark the second anniversary of the buildings collapse, at Savar, in Dhaka, Bangladesh on April 24, 2015. -EPA
DHAKA: Bangladesh police said they will press murder charges on Sunday against the owner of a garment factory that collapsed and killed more than 1,100 people in 2013, the worst industrial disaster in the country’s history.
Sohel Rana, owner of the Rana Plaza factory complex on the outskirts of the capital Dhaka, was among those who were expected to be formally charged over the disaster, lead investigator Bijoy Krishna Kar said.
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