HC asks cops
A High Court bench yesterday directed the police to immediately provide security to the daughters of Sadequr Rahman and Romana Nargis who were killed by miscreants in March at Gulshan in the capital.
It asked the Officers-in-charge (OC) of Gulshan and Badda police stations to give security to Sumaiya Yasmin Bithi and Nilufar Yasmin Iti, daughters of Sadequr couple, informant in the murder case and his lawyer.
The bench comprising Justice AHM Shamsuddin Chowdhury Manik and Justice Sheikh Md Zakir Hossain passed the order in response to a writ petition by Human Rights and Peace for Bangladesh (HRPB).
The Dhaka-based rights group filed the petition as public interest litigation on the basis of a report published in The Daily Star on August 14 with the headline “Killers now target two daughters”. The petition sought the HC directive on the government to provide security to the victims’ family members, informant and lawyer.
On March 24, local goon Rubel reportedly shot dead the couple as they declined to marry Iti off to him and tried to prevent him from dragging her away from the house.
The two-judge panel yesterday also issued a rule upon the government to explain within a week why its failure to provide security to the victims’ family members should not be declared illegal.
It also directed the police to investigate the reported allegations of threat by the accused to the victims’ family members, Abul Hossain, informant in the case, and his lawyer Asif Uddin.
The court asked the police to turn in the compliance report on August 24.
The home secretary, inspector general of police, Dhaka Metropolitan Police commissioner and OCs of the Gulshan and Badda police stations were made respondents to this rule.
Advocate Manzill Murshid and advocate Mahbubul Islam appeared for the petitioner.
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