Building owner, factory owner and engineer accused, as death toll in disaster reaches 622
The wife of a garment worker killed in the Bangladesh factory collapse has filed a murder complaint against the building's owner, as the death toll from the country's worst industrial disaster climbed to 622.
Murder complaints were also filed against the owner of one of the garment firms based in the building and a municipal engineer in the suburb of the capital, Dhaka, where the factory was located.
The owner of the Rana Plaza building, Mohammed Sohel Rana, was arrested after a four-day hunt as he appeared to be trying to flee across the border to India. He is one of nine people being held in connection with the disaster on 24 April, which the government has blamed on the building's faulty and illegal construction.
Rana and the others in police custody could face the death penalty if found guilty of murder or mass manslaughter. None of the accused have commented on accusations that they were to blame.
Hundreds of relatives gathered at the site of the disaster on Sunday, some holding up photographs of family members. A teenage girl broke down in tears when she recognised the body of her mother by her dress after she was brought from the ruins.
In all, 53 bodies were recovered on Sunday and rescue workers said they could see more trapped in the rubble. Authorities were having to use ID cards and mobile phones to identify the dead.