Dhaka:  A Dhaka court hands down three years of imprisonment to Sohel Rana, owner of the collapsed building Rana Plaza in Savar, in a graft case filed by the Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC).

Dhaka Specila Judges Court-6’s lawyer KM Imrul Kayes announced the verdict on Tuesday afternoon.

Rana’s counsel Faruque Ahmed said beside imprisonment, Rana is also fined Tk 59,000 and three months more in jail if fail to pay the fine.

Faruque said Rana was present during the verdict declaration. Later, he was sent back to jail.

Earlier, on 22 August, Judge KM Imrul Kayes fixed 29 August to deliver the verdict after concluding hearing in the case.

total of 1,129 people, mostly garment workers, were killed and some 2,515 others injured as Rana Plaza came down crushing in Savar on the outskirts of the capital Dhaka on 24 April, 2013.

Over two years after the Rana Plaza tragedy, the Criminal Investigation Department (CID) of police pressed charges against 42 people, including Sohel Rana on June 1, last year in the two cases filed over the Rana Plaza collapse.

Of the charge-sheeted accused, 17 were common in the two chargesheets submitted by Criminal Investigation Department (CID).

Sohel Rana’s father Abdul Khalek and mother Marjina Begum and 12 government officials were among the charge-sheeted accused.

On the day when the complex collapsed, Rajuk filed a case with Savar Model Police Station against Sohel Rana for violating the Bangladesh National Building Code.

Police also filed a case accusing six people, including Sohel Rana, on April 25, 2013 of committing murders.

Police arrested Sohel Rana on April 28, 2013.