DHAKA, March 12, 2019 (BSS) – The High Court today ordered bus operator Green Line Paribahan to pay Taka 50 lakh to a car driver whose left leg was severed after getting crushed by one of its buses in the capital.
A High Court division bench comprising Justice FRM Nazmul Ahasan and Justice KM Kamrul Kader passed the order on a writ petition asking the transport company to pay the money within next two weeks.
The court came up with the order after hearing a petition submitted in this regard, and also set March 31 for holding further hearing in the case.
“Driver of that bus crushed private car driver Russel intentionally as the two logged in an altercation on Mayor Mohammad Hanif Flyover on April 28, 2018. Russel’s left leg got severed after coming under the bus,” advocate Khandaker Shamsul Haque Reza, who moved the petition, told newsmen.
After filing the writ petition, the High Court on May 14, 2018, issued a rule and the court today passed the order after holding hearing on that rule.
“The court ordered Green Line Paribahan to provide all the medical expenses for Russel and arrange fitting a prosthetic limb for him,” Advocate Reza added.