HC orders for compensating Jihad’s family

The High Court today ruled the government to compensate the family members of four-year-old Jihad, who died after falling into a deep well at Shahjahanpur of Dhaka in 2014.

The court will fix the amount of the compensation and mention the authorities concerned who will be responsible for giving the compensation when it releases the full verdict.

The HC bench of Justice Farah Mahbub and Justice Kazi Md Ejarul Haque Akondo came up with the verdict following a writ petition filed by Children’s Charity Bangladesh Foundation.

The foundation filed the petition on February 15 last year seeking directives on the government to give Tk 30 lakh to Jihad’s family as compensation.

Jihad

Jihad's father Nasir Fakir filed a case with Shahjahanpur Police Station on the night Jihad was pulled out of 17-inch diameter well. The case accused contractor and Bangladesh Railway's negligence for they left open the abandoned well which was supposed to be kept sealed.

On December 26, 2014, Jihad fell into the well while playing with his friends at Bangladesh Railway Colony in Dhaka, around 4:00pm while playing with friends.

He was pulled out nearly 23 hours afterwards by a band of indomitable volunteers after the fire service rescuers called off their efforts.