Sanjay Dutt's lawyer's mother, wife and son lost their lives in house collapse

The Dhaka Times Desk বলিউড সুপারস্টার Sanjay Dutt Convicted in 1993 Mumbai blasts case He was sentenced to 5 years imprisonment by the court. He was a lawyer in this case Rizwan Merchant. The sad news is that last Monday June 10, Rizwan Merchant's son, wife and mother one of Mumbai Building collapse He lost his life in the incident.

গত সোমবার রাতে অপরাধ আইনজীবী হিসেবে খ্যাত রিজোয়ান মার্চেন্ট তার পরিবার নিয়ে আলতাফ ম্যানশনের দ্বিতীয় তলায় ব্যস্ত ছিলেন। গরমের ছুটি কাটিয়ে সেদিনই তিনি এবং তার জ্যেষ্ঠ সন্তান ফাইয়াজ মুম্বাই ফিরেছিলেন। কিন্তু আকস্মিকভাবেই মুম্বাইয়ের আলতাফ ম্যানশন ধ্বসে পড়লে Merchant lost three members of his family forever.

Rizwan Merchant recovered the bodies of his mother Tahira (78), wife Asifa (50) and his youngest son Faraz (13) from the wreckage on Tuesday morning. Ten people were killed and six injured in the building collapse. Four of the six injured have been hospitalized and the remaining two have been treated and released.

According to the merchant, Faraz repeatedly called him till midnight to tell him that he was still alive but the rescuers could not locate Faraz and ultimately failed to save Faraz.

According to Mohan Atani, Additional Municipal Commissioner of the Municipal Corporation, Monday's heavy rains or illegal construction of weak structures without complying with building codes could be the cause of the collapse.

জানা যায়, প্রায় দু ‘বছর আগে BMC (Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation) called by the merchant regarding a show room on the ground floor of this building, due to which he requested some changes in the construction process of the building so as to keep the building free from any risk of collapse or any accident. But there was no avail in this regard despite complaining, as a result he had to lose his loved ones due to the collapse of the building.

It should be noted that Rizwan Merchant has been involved in various legal activities throughout his life, but he is best known for fighting cases on behalf of Sanjay Dutt. He works to prove that Sanjay was not involved in the 1993 bombings. He also managed to free the actor's flat house.

Reference: Indian Express