A Dhaka court in its order on Wednesday said the trial of three Rid Pharmaceuticals officials charged with manufacturing adulterated paracetamol syrup will continue in their absence as they failed to appear before it within the timeline.
Judge Mohammad Abdul Majid of the Drug Court passed the order as the accused -- director Abdul Goni and pharmacists Mahbubul Islam and Enamul Haque -- did not comply with its order for appearing before court.
After receiving a report from Brahmanbaria police on execution of arrest warrants against the three, the same court on April 25 asked authorities concerned to publish advertisements in two Bangla dailies asking the three officials to appear before it by Wednesday.
Mizanur Rahman, managing director of the company, and his wife Sheuly Rahman, also a director of the company, now on bail were present at the court during the Wednesday’s hearing of the case.
On August 11 last year, five officials of the company were charged in a case for producing adulterated paracetamol syrup that caused the death of 28 children across the country from June to August last year.
The Dhaka Drug Court issued the arrest warrants against the five after Directorate of Drug Administration Superintendent Shafiqul Islam filed the case with the court on the same day.
A total of four cases were filed outside Dhaka in this connection.
Source: thedailystar.net
