High Court asks police to explain lack of action against ex-MP’s nephew for rash driving
State counsel Deputy Attorney General Amatul Karim said the bench also asked on Tuesday why departmental action should not be taken against the Gulshan Police Station OC for failing to discharge his duty in connection with the Oct 12 incident. The home secretary, inspector general of police, Dhaka Metropolitan Police commissioner, additional police commissioners (traffic and investigation of Ramna division) and Gulshan police OC have been ordered to reply within two weeks.
Iqbal’s 16-year-old nephew, driving without a licence, hit two rickshaws in Gulshan. Eighteen is the minimum age for obtaining a driving licence in Bangladesh. A Gulshan police officer told bdnews24.com, on condition of anonymity, that the youth was drunk but OC Sirajul Islam had suppressed the information. Three of the injured were discharged from hospital shortly after admission but Grameen Bank official Rafiqul Islam, 40, is still undergoing treatment at the United Hospital.
Doctors say Islam would be released shortly. Police initially took the former MP’s nephew into custody but soon let him off. No case has been filed yet. DMP’s Gulshan division Deputy Commissioner Mostak Hossain Khan told bdnews24.com they were in touch with Islam but he had not lodged any complaint. The plaintiffs’ lawyer Anik Ara Haq said a case had to be filed within 21 days of an incident.
“We still have 14 days left… the court has ordered police to take legal action within this time,” Haq said when asked if the bench had ordered the initiation of a case. Haq added the court would be informed if police did not start legal proceedings within the given time. Deputy Commissioner Khan said they were yet to receive court’s directive. “We’ll do whatever the court asks us to,” he added. It is rumoured that the former MP’s nephew had fled the country a day after the incident. “We’ll bring him back in accordance with legal provisions if the rumour is true,” the police officer said.
Md Abdur Rahim
Lecturer in Law
Department of Law
ID: 710000758
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