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HC orders probe against Feni ADM over Nusrat murder
DHAKA, July 15, 2019 (BSS) – The High Court (HC) today ordered
authorities concerned to conduct probe against Feni additional district
magistrate PK Enamul Karim, who is also the governing body chairman of
Sonagazi Islamia Fazil Madrasa, over sexual harassment and murder of Nusrat
Jahan Rafi.
A High Court division bench comprising Justice FRM Nazmul Ahasan and
Justice KM Kamrul Kader passed the order after holding hearing on a writ
petition filed by Supreme Court lawyer Advocate Eunus Ali Akond in this
regard.
The court asked Public Administration Secretary and Education Secretary
to conduct the probe and submit report within 30 days.
Advocate Akond moved the plea himself, while Deputy Attorney General
Abdullah Al Mahmud Basher stood for the state.
“The court asked to conduct probe against PK Enamul Karim and submit
report by 30 days. The High Court also issued a rule, asking the authorities
concerned to explain as to why their inaction in taking steps against madrasa
principal Sirajuddoula after getting complaint of sexual harassment against
him,” Akond told newsmen.
Public Administration Secretary, Education Secretary, Home Secretary,
Inspector General of Police, Feni Deputy Commissioner, Superintendant of
Police and officer in-charge of Sonagazi Police Station, were made
respondents in the writ.
Nusrat was set on fire on April 6 by Sirajuddoula’s stooges and
succumbed to her injuries at Dhaka Medical College Hospital on April 10.
Nusrat had accused Sirajuddoula of harassing her sexually on March 27
while she was exposed to his extreme vengeance on April 6 when she went to
the madrasa to appear in Alim examination.
A group of masked youths, later found to be the cronies of the disgraced
principal, took Nusrat to the rooftop of the madrasa and set her on fire
after tying her with her scarf.
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