Letters to the Editor
Judicial, not police inquiry
With great interest I read your news item, captioned “Police lied about day of arrest”, published on May 26, 2013. In this news as well as earlier news on the death of Shamim Reza in custody, it has been repeatedly mentioned that police have set up an investigation into the cause of death by a committee comprising police officials. I had conducted 2 criminal revision cases before the High Court division bench of the Supreme Court of Bangladesh, both of which were heard analogously and disposed of through one judgment. Their Lordships held that where police are responsible or accused of causing the offence, an investigation must be held by members of the judiciary and NOT police. Therefore, I would urge, through your esteemed daily, the government and, more particularly, the ministry of home affairs, that this investigation be scrapped as being of no value and liable to be biased, and instead a judicial investigation be lodged under the able leadership of an individual not below the rank of additional chief judicial magistrate or additional metropolitan sessions judge and the committee comprise of one judicial magistrate and one additional public prosecutor. Only then can a credible report be truly accepted.
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