Doctor Eva Murder
Speedy trial of killers sought
Doctors, lawyers and rights activists formed a human chain yesterday demanding speedy trial of the killers of a female doctor.
They said workplaces in Bangladesh are not safe for women as illustrated by the death of Dr Sajia Afrin Eva who was killed at her office in a clinic in the capital's Dakshin Khan on November 30 last year.
The hour-long human chain was formed in front of Jatiya Press Club in the capital under the banner “Voice against Violence".
Eva, after graduating from Sylhet Osmani Medical College, began working at Brac clinic less than two weeks before she was killed there. She used to work at night and lived with her family in Ashkona.
Officials of Tejgaon Victim Support Centre are looking into Eva's case at the moment. Her family demanded transferring the case to speedy trial tribunal for quick trial and disposal.
The human chain yesterday also protested recent incidents of rape and murder in Savar, Tangail, Rangpur, Madaripur and in the capital's Mirpur.
"We demand proper investigation and exemplary punishment of the rapists and killers," said Nahid Hakim, a psychiatrist at Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical University (BSMMU).
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