'Corrected' juvenile convict yet to be freed
A juvenile convict, attaining 18 years of age after staying around three years in jail and one year at a government-run correction centre, is yet to be released despite having 'very good' behavioural records and showing willingness to lead a normal life.
Sentenced to 10 years' imprisonment for killing a minor girl, Jahidul Hasan Rony, is now at Jessore Kishore Unnayan Kendra, waiting for being sent to jail to suffer the remaining period of punishment.
At the age of 14 on November 25 in 2003, the boy killed his neighbour Subarna Yasmin Setu, a five-year-old girl at Fakirabad village in Bheramara upazila in Kushtia.
As per a court verdict, the boy was sent to Kishore Unnayan Kendra (KUK), Jessore, on August 17, 2006.
KUK Assistant Director Mir Darashiko on May 3 this year sent a letter to the secretary of Social Welfare Department, saying that Rony had been corrected, was repentant for his past act and willing to lead a normal life if released. The boy attained the age of 18 on May 9 but the authorities concerned are yet to decide whether the boy would be released or sent to jail.
Considering the boy's behavioural improvement and motivation to go back to normal life, the government can release him, said Dr Nasrin Lubna, Assistant Programme Coordinator, Sachetan, Rajshahi, a partner organisation of Save the Children UK.
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