July rebellion killings: Several cases for the same puzzle families for victims

Two separate cases of murder regarding the death of a victim of the July revolt were deposited in at least seven cases, with conflict accounts, unknown and different accused and witnesses.

An analysis of the 14 cases reveals that the families of the victims are not often aware of whom they have deposited the first additional information (wire).

In addition to raising concerns about potential misuse of the legal system to harass people or to achieve personal benefits, these cases will discuss the credibility of investigations, warned an expert.

The police said they are aware of such cases and that a set of instructions for these cases will be issued for consulting with legal experts.

A group of people try to misuse the Spirit of July for personal and political revenge, which must be stopped by proper verification and investigation.

– Tawohyde Haque, associate teacher, du

Conflict statements

One of these cases was deposited for the death of Monir Hossain, 28, who was shot in the Bhathar area of ​​Bhatara in Dhaka, on July 19, last year, during the quota reform protests, which later intensified in a mass revolt.

After the fall of the government of the Awami League, Monir’s brother, Parvej Foraiz, filed a murder file at a court in Dhaka on September 29, accusing the prime minister eliminated Hesina and another 25. The court guided the Police section of Bhata to register it as a wire. .

However, on October 24, Fahad Badsha, who claimed to be Monir’s cousin, filed another court file against 218 people, including Hasina. The Court again guided the Bhata Police to register.

The thread details show that both cases have contained contradictory descriptions and listed different people as witnesses.

Parvej told Daily Star: “We don’t know anyone named Fahad Badsha. I have no cousin with this name. “

He added that, as he submitted a file for justice, others could submit cases for further reasons, such as harassing people or obtaining personal benefits.

Steaua Daily contacted Fahad on the phone, but said he couldn’t talk since traveling. He also said he would call back, but he didn’t.

Mahmud Hasan Joy, 14, died on August 6 last year, one day after being shot near the Shanir Akhra Bridge. On September 5, his neighbor, Julhas Sheikh, filed a murder file against 94 people, including Hasina, at the Police Section.

Five days later, a 34 -year -old person, named Rabiul Awal, filed another file against 37 people at the Jatrabari Police Section for killing Mahmud.

The descriptions of the incident varied in cases. While Julhas said the Mahmud was shot at Bashpatti, Rabiul mentioned Shanir Akhra as a scene.

On August 4 last year, the BNP activist, the 39 -year -old Talukder riazul, was shot at the Jatrabari intersection and later died at the Dhaka Medical College Hospital.

His younger brother Rubel Tlukder filed a murder file on September 10 against 135 people, including Hasina, at the Jatrabari Police Section.

On October 2, a man named Billal Hossain who claims to be Riaz’s business partner submitted another file to the court against 52 people, including Hasina, for Riazul’s death. Shahbagh police recorded it as a thread on October 26th.

In the case statement, he said that the Riazul was shot in the Tapkhana Road area.

Talking to Daily Star, Billal said he had filed the case because the riaz was his uncle’s son.

However, Riazul’s brother, Rubel, told this newspaper: “We have no cousin called Billal. I do not know for what purpose he filed another case with another description. “

Fatema-Tuz-Zahura filed a file on September 11 last year against Hasina and another 14 for killing Abdullah bin Zahid, a student at Shaheed Ramiz Uddin Cantonment College, on August 5.

Earlier, on August 23, another case of murder was submitted to a court, accusing 33 people, including Hasina, by a person named Mohammad Zakiullah Bahar, for Abdullah’s death. The court has guided the airport police station to record wire.

The two cases called different witnesses.

Fatma’s brother, Aritul Islam, told Daily Star: “We don’t know anything about Bahar. I found out about his case only when I visited the police station ”.

Attempts to contact Bahar did not succeed, because his phone number mentioned in the wire was considered untouched.

MD Tareq Jubayer, deputy commissioner (criminal prosecution) at the Dhaka Metropolitan Police, said The Daily Star: “I noticed some cases that mention different places that the place of appearance has been submitted. Legal experts, according to the existing laws and regulations for the course of action and is in progress. “

A top police officer, citing section 248 of the police regulations, Bengal, 1943, said: “If a duplicate case is submitted for a single incident, the investigative officers (iOS) will check the place of appearance and the accused. The final report between Io, which finds that the incident did not take place in the area of ​​its jurisdiction, will be attached to the report of the other. “

However, the public prosecutor Metropolitan Dhaka, Omar Faruq Faruqi, said they did not notice such cases. “If found, the criminal prosecution will take appropriate measures.”

He suggested the formation of a monitoring cell to track more cases of murder deposited for the same victim.

The improper use of the legal system

TawoHidul Haque, Associate Professor at Dhaka University’s Institute of Social Welfare and Research Teld the Daily Star, “The Multiple, contradictory houses file for single victims with differrent policies raise concerns the potential misuse of the legal system, casting dumbs on credins ofability Such legal actions.

“A group of people try to misuse the Spirit of July for personal and political revenge, which must be stopped by proper verification and investigation.”

The Ministry of Interior of October 14 issued a warning last year, stating that legal measures will be taken against persons who have submitted false or harassing cases.

In an official notification, the ministry highlighted the increasing tendency of false cases, including accusations of murder, being used for extortion, blackmail and harassment.

The Tawohyde said that the government’s warning has no implication.

“The authority should investigate the cases before registering, so that the cheaters do not obtain any field of use of the law. Or otherwise, the old practice of harassment with ghost cases will reappear,” he said.