Rid Pharma Case
Plea to place proofs before court
Special Public Prosecutor Mahmud Hossain Jahangir yesterday appealed to the court for directing the complainant to produce before it on May 15 the evidence seized in connection with the Rid Pharma case.
The case was filed against managing director of Rid Pharmaceuticals Ltd and four other officials on charges of adulterating paracetamol syrup that caused deaths of 28 children in 2009.
In yesterday's petition, Jahangir said the drug administration, during the occurrence of incidents, seized alamats from Sher-e-Bangla Nagar Shishu Hospital and several other places, which are very essential for proving the charges brought against the accused.
Judge Mohammad Abdul Majid of the Drug Court granted the prosecution petition directing Mohammad Shafiqul Islam, drug superintendent, to produce all the alamats seized from different places on the scheduled date.
Rid Pharma managing director Mizanur Rahman and his wife Sheuly Rahman, one of the directors of the company, who were earlier granted bails from different courts, were present during yesterday's hearing.
The three other accused -- Abdul Gani, another director of the company, and two pharmacists Mahbubul Islam and Enamul Haque -- are absconding.
Earlier on March 9, the same court framed charges against the five accused for manufacturing adulterated syrup.
On August 10 of 2009, Shafiqul Islam filed the case accusing the five of the company for using toxic diethylene glycol in manufacturing paracetamol syrup that caused deaths of 28 children the same year.
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