The High Court today asked the authorities concerned to explain why they should not be directed to compensate Tk 50 lakh to the parents of the one-year-old child who was killed in a road accident in Dhaka on October 21.

Nabila, a daughter of Imran Hossain, was killed after she and her mother were thrown on to the street from their rickshaw that had been rear-ended by a truck in Mohammadpur area. Police could not arrest the driver or seized the vehicle.

Today, the HC also asked the authorities concerned to submit particulars of the truck and its owner and driver before it on January 6 next year.

The court fixed the date also for passing other orders on this issue.

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1-yr-old dies after truck hits rickshaw

The HC bench of Justice Sheikh Hassan Arif and Justice Razik-Al-Jalil came up with the order and rule following a writ petition filed by Children's Charity Bangladesh (CCB) Foundation and Bangladesh Legal Aid and Services Trust recently.

The petitioners attached a report on the accident published by the online version of The Daily Star on October 22.

Barrister Abdul Halim appeared for the petitioners.