Village Arbitration in Bagerhat
Sue persons involved in torturing woman
HC asks police
The High Court yesterday directed the police to file a criminal case against the persons involved in torturing a housewife during a village arbitration at Sharankhola in Bagerhat.
Firoza Begum, a housewife, was mercilessly beaten up in the arbitration at Southkhali in Sharankhola in June in presence of a large number of locals, including the union parishad chairman, on charge of having an "extramarital relationship".
During hearing a suo moto rule, an HC bench directed the officer-in-charge of Sharankhola Police Station to implicate Bashir Uddin, a medical officer of Sharankhola, on charge of giving a 'vague' medical certificate to the victim.
Justice AHM Shamsuddin Chowdhury Manik and Justice Gobinda Chandra Tagore of the bench heard statements from victim Firoza Begum at their chamber office.
After hearing her statements, the judges told the court that the victim was injured as she was mercilessly tortured at the arbitration, but medical officer Bashir did not mention it in the medical report submitted to the court.
The bench also issued a contempt of court rule against Bashir , who was present before the bench as per its earlier order.
Deputy Attorney General ABM Altaf Hossain told The Daily Star that Bashir Uddin recently submitted the letter to the HC bench, only stating that he attended Firoza and left her after giving treatment.
Bashir, however, offered unconditional apology before the bench and prayed for exemption of the contempt of court charge.
The bench rejected his prayer and directed him to appear before it on August 4 to face the contempt of court rule.
Following the newspaper reports on the incident of torture against Firoza, the bench on July 14 issued a suo moto rule asking the OC of Sharankhola police station Abdul Aziz and Southkhali union chairman Mozammel Hossain to explain their roles over the incident.
Aziz and Mozammel appeared before the court on July 21 as per its order.
Mozammel was arrested from the Supreme Court premises the same day as per its order.
Aziz yesterday produced Firoza before the HC bench as per its July 21 order.
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