Probe report submitted to HC

News Desk :
A government committee probing the detention and death of Sultana Jesmine of Naogaon submitted its report to the High Court.

The sealed report was sent to the Supreme Court registrar general’s office on Thursday.

The HC bench of Justice Farah Mahbub and Justice Mohammad Mahbub Ul Islam received the report on Tuesday.

The bench fixed October 15 for hearing and passing an order on the matter.

On April 5 this year, the bench directed the cabinet secretary to form a high-powered committee, including the chief judicial magistrate of Naogaon and a judicial officer nominated by the district judge, to probe the detention and death of Sultana and other relevant issues.

The HC also ordered the government to withdraw the Rapid Action Battalion officials who were involved in picking up Sultana and attach them to the Rab Headquarters, for the sake of transparency and neutrality of the investigation.

The court also issued a rule, asking authorities concerned to explain why Sultana’s detention by Rab officials without any case should not be declared illegal and unconstitutional.

In the rule, the court asked the officials concerned to show as to why they should not be directed to take action against the Rab members who picked up Sultana.

Sultana, an employee of a union-level land office in Naogaon, died in the custody of Rab-5 after suffering brain haemorrhages.