False Arms-possession Charge in Satkhira
HC asks home secretary to submit probe report
The High Court (HC) yesterday ordered the home secretary to submit to it the probe report on the allegations against some Rab personnel of trying to implicate a Satkhira businessman in a false arms-possession charge to it within a week.
A team of Rab-6 led by its Operation Commander (Khulna) Maj Kamruzzaman and Deputy Assistant Director Delwar Hossain reportedly went to Natuardanga village in Sadar upazila of Satkhira and tried to implicate Shafiqul Islam, owner of a shrimp enclosure, in a false arms possession charge on May 22 this year.
The HC on May 26 directed the home secretary to form an inquiry committee and to submit report to it.
An HC bench of Justice AHM Shamsuddin Chowdhury Manik and Justice Sheikh Md Delwar Hossain yesterday came up with the order during hearing a public interest litigation filed by Human Rights and Peace for Bangladesh (HRPB), and Society of Justice (SoJ) seeking necessary orders from this court to prevent such incidents.
Deputy Attorney General Nazrul Islam Talukder yesterday informed the HC that the home secretary had formed a two-member committee in May this year to investigate the incident and also prepared a report in this regard as per its earlier order.
He said the home secretary has not submitted the report to the HC, as there was no specific deadline for its submission.
The court directed the government to close Kamruzzaman and Delwar Hossain and also issued a rule upon it to explain why it should not be directed to take action for their failure to protect the fundamental rights of people.
The government has since closed Kamruzzaman and Delwar.
The petition came up before the bench for hearing yesterday.
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