Sohel Rana (businessman)

Sohel Rana is the owner of Rana Plaza which collapsed in Savar, a sub-district near Dhaka, the capital of Bangladesh.He is a Juboleague leader of Awamileague.

Power of Sohel Rana
MP Murad who is the Savar Juboleague MP was Rana’s hope and inspiration. With the help and support of the Murad Jong, Rana was able to carry out one crime after another. Rana's father had oil mill to maintain the family but He owns large tracts of land and made thousands of crores of taka which was illegally gained.

Firoz Kabir, chairman of the Savar sub-district council, told the BBC that Sohel Rana "is known as a thug, a gangster in the area."

Rana Plaza collapse
At least 950 people died and an estimated 2,500 people were injured.

Arrest
Rapid Action Battalion members arrested Sohel Rana from Benapole of Jessore on April 28, four days after the Savar tragedy.