Report Includes Recent Writ Petition Filed by ASK and three other Human Rights Organisations. Initial photos from the investigation unit, witness statementa compiled by ASK Investigation Team, Floor Plans and Statistics on Deaths in Garment Factory Fires.

ASK Investigation Report – Garments Factory Fire – 24 November 2012 – Nafeesa

ASK Opinion | ”BGMEA should also have been more alert in giving membership to non compliant companies”

‘’The government probe committee has said the fire was a sabotage, perhaps the sabotage is by persons who failed in their responsibility to comply with legal provisions or to ensure compliance.   Independent investigators have found many lapses in complying with the building code, safety regulations and so on. The factory received a sanction for three floors from RAJUK but it went up to the seventh floor and construction was continuing on two more floors.   This was a clear violation, and an independent and transparent enquiry commission would attribute responsibility to the owner, the management and the regulating authority. The fire service had not renewed its fire license and yet it allowed it to continue manufacturing. This was a violation of the safety regulations and shows lapses by the fire department.   Labour inspectors had not taken any steps to prevent the factory from using the entrance area for storage of raw material, and there were no complaint mechanisms where the workers could report on locked gates.   BGMEA should also have been more alert in giving membership to non compliant companies.