HC summons forensics head of DMCH

The High Court yesterday summoned the head of Dhaka Medical College Hospital's (DMCH) forensics department to appear before it on April 1 for not releasing the autopsy report in a Gazipur murder case in more than 16 months.

The court asked him to appear before it to explain why his office has failed to give the report on postmortem of Al Amin, who was killed in November 2019, to the investigation officer.

The bench of M Enayetur Rahim and Md Mostafizur Rahman issued the summons while hearing a bail petition by Habibur Rahman, an accused.

Deputy Attorney General Sarwar Hossain Bappi said Al Amin was killed on November 7, 2019.

His autopsy was conducted at DMCH the following day. A murder case was filed with on November 8, 2019 against Habibur and others.

The IO informed HC that he applied for the postmortem report thrice, but to no avail, said Sarwar.