41 charged in building collapse that killed 1,137

Bangladeshi police charged 41 people, including the owner of the Rana Plaza factory complex, with murder on Monday over the building's collapse in 2013 that killed 1,137 people.

The Chief Judicial Magistrate's Court in Dhaka formally accepted a charge sheet from police against Sohel Rana, 35, and the others in connection with the collapse, the country's worst-ever industrial disaster.

"We've charged 41 people, including the owner of the building, Sohel Rana, with murder over the collapse of Rana Plaza in April 2013," said lead investigator Bijoy Krishna Kar, adding that all face the death penalty if convicted.