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| Govt asked to place report on Rab team by Dec 9 |
| 2009-11-23 |
| [Bangla Daily Star] The High Court directed the government yesterday to place before it by December 9 the details of Rab officials involved in detaining Lutfor Rahman Khalasi and Khairul Haque Khalasi who were killed in a 'shootout' in Madaripur on November 16. After their death in custody, the court on November 17 issued a suo moto rule, asking the government to explain in 48 hours why appropriate actions should not be taken against Rab officials Major Kazi Wahiduzzaman and Lieutenant Hasan and their companions. The High Court passed the directive, as Deputy Attorney General Kazi Ejarul Haque Akand Sagor told the court that no one by the name Major Kazi Wahiduzzaman was found in the Madaripur Rab unit. The court also allowed Ain O Shalish Kendra, a human rights organisation, to place arguments as an intervener in this case. The hearing on government's explanation of the extra-judicial killings will be held on December 9. The High Court bench of Justice AFM Abdur Rahman and Justice Md Emdadul Haque Azad came up with the order following a government prayer moved by Kazi Ezarul Haque Akand Sagor and an application filed by Sultana Kamal, the executive director of Ain O Salish Kendra. Ezarul told the court yesterday that the government could not explain the extra-judicial killings within the given timeframe. He prayed for time-extension to deliver a reply to the rule. Lutfor Rahman Khalasi and his younger brother Khairul Haque Khalasi, operatives of outlawed Purba Banglar Communist Party, were killed during a "shootout" between their cohorts and Rab on November 16. Following a newspaper report, the High Court bench issued the suo moto rule. |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #1 One certainly hopes the High Courts travels don't take it to abandoned warehouses late at night; or secretive meetings in orchards........ |
| Posted by: USN, Ret. 2009-11-23 23:25 |