Filmmaker Tareque Masud’s family will get Tk 46.17m in compensation over 2011 road crash
Four others, including cinematographer Mishuk Munier, died in the same accident in Manikganj, when a bus hit the car they were travelling in.
On Sunday, Justice Zinat Ara and Justice Kazi Md Ejarul Haque Akondo ordered the bus driver, its owner and the insurance company to pay Tk 46.17 million in damages.
The bus owner will have to pay most of the compensation – Tk 43.09 million, the bus driver Tk 3 million and the insurance company, Reliance, Tk 80,000.
In February, a Manikganj court ordered life imprisonment for the man, who was driving the bus.
The accident took place on the Dhaka-Aricha Highway at Manikganj's Ghior Upazila on Aug 13, 2011.
Tareque, who shot to fame in the global arena for his films Muktir Gaan and Matir Moyna, was about to start the shoot for his new film Kagojer Phool.
Mishuk Munier, a former journalism teacher and reputed cinematographer, was the CEO of Dhaka-based television channel ATN News.
They were on their way back to Dhaka from Manikganj after visiting a shooting location for the new film.
The three others killed in the crash were the car's driver Mustafiz, Tareque's production manager
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Tareque's wife Catherine Masud, painter Dhali Al-Mamun and his wife Dilara Begum Jolly, and Tareque's production assistant Saidul Islam survived the crash.
In 2013, families of Tareque and Mishuk moved the Manikganj court with two separate cases claiming compensations under the Motor Vehicle Ordinance.
The cases were later shifted to the higher court upon the plaintiffs’ petition.
On Sunday, the High Court disposed of the lawsuit by Tareque’s family. The matter of Munier’s family is scheduled to be heard in February next year.