The High Court has set Jun 20 for its decison on a rule directing the concerned authorities to pay Tk 1o million as compensation to Rajib Hossain’s family, who died after losing his hand in a bus accident in Dhaka in 2018.
The HC bench of justices JBM Hassan and MD Khairul Alam set the date after concluding a hearing on the rule on Thursday (May 23).
On Apr 3, 2018, Rajib, a third-year student of the city's Government Titumir College, lost his right hand after it became stuck between two speeding buses of BRTC and Sajan Paribahan, which were trying to overtake each other in the capital's Bangla Motor area.
Rajib died at Dhaka Medical College Hospital on Apr 17, after two weeks in a coma.
On May 8, the court ordered the bus companies to pay Tk 10 million in compensation to Rajib's family.
BRTC and Sajan Paribahan challenged the order.