GJCC supervisor suspended

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UNB, Gazipur :
The supervisor of Gazipur Juvenile Correction Center was suspended following some adolescents’ protest by self-gashing against its mismanagement.
Additional deputy commissioner Shahnewaz Dilruba Khan told UNB that the Social Services Department suspended Anwarul Karim, acting supervisor of the correction center, on Thursday night.
Earlier on Thursday, The High Court asked the authorities concerned to form a committee to investigate the reported mismanagement of Gazipur Juvenile Correction Centre (GJCC).
Besides, the HC issued rule suo moto asking the GJCC to explain why its mismanagement should not be declared illegal and how the adolescents’ could take cough syrup in police custody.
Some 20 adolescents of the juvenile correction centre cut their bodies with sharp objects in protest against mismanagement of the centre on Tuesday.
Later, they were taken to Tongi Government Hospital for emergency treatment.
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