In the name of mob beating, the license to kill people in medieval barbarity will be a cause of fear and insecurity for any person in the society, commented the High Court.
The court also remarked that unless exemplary punishment is ensured to the real criminals, it will not be possible to prevent the recurrence of this incident and the tendency to take the law into one's own hands.
The court made this comment on Sunday while ordering monitoring to ensure justice in the murder case of Taslima Begum Renu, who was killed in a mass thrashing over child abduction rumors in the capital's Badda.
Deputy Attorney General Emran Ahmed Bhuiyan represented the state in the court.
The court observed that Renu's murder case is under trial in the Additional Metropolitan Sixth Session Court. The victim was not running away. No child was found in his custody.
Though no parent complained of loss of child at that time, the accused formed an illegal mob and unlawfully entered the room of the school headmistress shouting inflammatory slogans and dragged the victim out.
Despite the fact that he had not committed any crime, he was forcibly detained and, ignoring the defenseless mother's plea for survival, brutally and cruelly inflicted repeated and repeated blows on her body with the aim of ensuring her death. There is evidence that a common intention to ensure the death of the victim arose at the scene.
The court said that the license to kill people in medieval barbarism in the name of mass lynching is a cause of fear and insecurity for any person in the society. Recurrence of such incidents and the tendency to take the law into one's own hands will not be prevented unless exemplary punishment is ensured to the real culprits.
Above all, it is essential to ensure that two innocent and innocent children are punished for losing their mother.
The court issued a ruling on the same day, seeking to know why instructions should not be given for taking necessary steps and supervision, including ensuring the presence of witnesses as usual and on time, in order to ensure justice, before the judgment and order of the case and during the proceedings.
This rule has been issued in accordance with the provisions of section 439 (1) of the Code of Criminal Procedure 1898. Which will remain in force until the case is disposed of.
The Deputy Commissioner of Dhaka has been asked to respond to the rule within the next eight weeks.
On the morning of July 20, 2019, Taslima Begum Renu (40) went to a local school to enroll her daughter in North Badda of the capital. At that time, he was beaten to death on suspicion of child abduction.
In the light of Article 112 of the Bangladesh Constitution, the PP, investigating officer of the concerned court has been directed to take regular supervision and steps to ensure justice during the proceedings. Copies of the High Court order have been sent to the concerned courts, Home Secretary, Law Secretary and Inspector General of Police.
On the morning of July 20, 2019, Taslima Begum Renu (40) went to a local school to enroll her daughter in North Badda of the capital.
At that time, he was beaten to death on suspicion of child abduction.
That night, Renu's sister's son Nasir Uddin filed a murder case at Badda Police Station as the plaintiff.
500 anonymous people were accused in the case. Later, after seeing the CCTV footage, the police arrested some of the people involved in the public beating.
The court granted a five-day remand to the main accused in the case, Hriday alias Ibrahim. During the remand, Hridiya gave a confessional statement in the court.
On the same day, Riya Khatun, who created the 'child kidnapper' rumor before beating Renu to death, also gave a confessional statement in court. Hridiya and Rhea are in jail.
Another accused named Zafar Hossain is also in jail after giving a confessional statement in the court.
Bd-pratidin English/Ishrar Tabassum
