[JURIST] A Bangladeshi court on Monday officially indicted [Business Standard report] 41 people with murder stemming from a 2013 garment factory collapse which resulted in the deaths of more than 1,100 people. Building owner Rohel Sana and his parents were among those charged. Of the 41 charged and indicted, seven are currently in jail and the whereabouts of a further seven are unknown. The trial is set to begin in September [Daily Star report].

Earlier this year Bangladeshi workers gathered [JURIST report] on the third anniversary of the Rana Plaza garment factory disaster to demand justice for the incident. A court in Dhaka ruled that 41 defendants could be tried for murder for the April 2013 garment factory collapse. Initially charged with culpable homicide, the defendants were charged with murder [JURIST report] upon further investigation of their conduct. Investigators found that the defendants illegally added floors to the original five-story Rana Complex to compete in Bangladesh’s highly profitable garment exporting industry. Prior to the building’s collapse, the staff allegedly forced workers to stay in the unstable establishment despite concerns that the structure was visibly cracking. Workers protested at the grave site where hundreds were buried, demanding justice for the deceased.