Fugitive owner arrested as Bangladesh building toll reaches 377

[Eugene]

Source: Reuters

Fugitive owner arrested as Bangladesh building toll reaches 377

By Ruma Paul and Serajul Quadir
DHAKA | Sun Apr 28, 2013 1:17pm EDT

(Reuters) - The owner of a factory building that collapsed in Bangladesh killing hundreds of garment workers was arrested on Sunday trying to flee to India, as hopes of finding more survivors from the country's worst industrial accident began to fade.

Mohammed Sohel Rana was arrested by the elite Rapid Action Battalion in the border town of Benapole, Dhaka District Police Chief Habibur Rahman told Reuters, ending a four-day manhunt that began after Rana Plaza, which housed factories making low-cost garments for Western retailers, caved in on Wednesday.

Bangladesh television showed Rana, a local leader of the ruling Awami League's youth front, being flown by helicopter to the capital Dhaka, where he will face charges of faulty construction and causing unlawful death.

Authorities put the latest death toll at 377 and expect it to climb higher with hundreds more still unaccounted for.

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[JimDandy]

1. An absolute willful disregard for human life.

Even a police order the day previous to the collapse didn't dissuade him from putting profit over people. That is some some seriously depraved indifference!