Nothing wrong in 1st autopsy, claims doctor

UNB, Comilla :Dr Sharmin Sultana, a lecturer of the Forensic Department of Comilla Medical College Hospital who conducted the first autopsy on the body of Sohagi Jahan Tonu, has claimed that she did not provide any false information in the postmortem report.She made the claim in reply to legal notices served on her and two other physicians.Executive Director of Bangladesh NationalWoman Lawyers’ Association (BNWLA) Advocate Salma Ali, on behalf of Tonu’s father Yaar Hossain, sent the notices to the three doctors on May 25 asking why legal action would not be taken against them for not getting any evidence of rape in the first autopsy and for making delay in revealing the second autopsy report.The notices were sent to Comilla Medical College Principal Mohsin-uz-Zaman Chowdhury, Dr Kamoda Proshad Saha, head of the Forensic Department of the hospital, and Dr Sharmin Sultana.Mohsin-uz-Zaman said they sent the replies in three separate envelops to the Agargaon office of BNWLA on Wednesday.In the reply, Dr Sharmin Sultana said she conducted the autopsy on the body of Tonu following rules prevailing in all medical colleges of the country and scrutinised the inquest report properly.She said, sub-inspector Saiful Islam mentioned in the inquest report that the anal and vagina were seen normal. “I reviewed the inquest report and checked the injuries on the body of Tonu and prepared the autopsy report in a proper way,” Dr Sharmin said.