Staff Reporter :
The High Court on Monday issued a rule asking the respondents to explain as to why they should not be directed to give Tk 50 lakh as compensation to each of the families of the three teenage boys who were killed at Jashore Juvenile Correction Centre on August 13. In the rule, the HC also asked the respondents to explain as to why they should not be directed to take necessary steps to stop the irregularities and mismanagement in all three Shishu Unnayan Kendra (Children Development Centres) in the country.
Home Secretary, Social Welfare Secretary, Director General of the Directorate of Social Service, Deputy Commissioner and Superintendent of Police of Jashore and Assistant Director and Probation Officer of Jashore Juvenile Correction Centre were asked to comply with the rules within four weeks.
The HC bench of Justice Md Khasruzzaman and Justice Md Mahmud Hassan Talukder passed the order and following a writ petition filed by the guardians of the three boys.
The guardians collectively filed the petition on August 27 seeking HC order on the respondents to give Tk 50 lakh as compensation to each of their families.
Three teenagers, Parvez Hasan Rabbi (18), Rasel alias Sujon (18), and Naeem Hossain (17), were allegedly tortured to death by several staffers and senior inmates on August 13. Fifteen others were also injured.
The injured inmates, who had also been through similar abuse, reportedly said that they, including the deceased, were tortured in two phases from noon to evening on August 13 as “punishment” for their involvement in a scuffle with the head guard of the centre.
Barrister Shanzid Siddiquee appeared for the petitioners, while Deputy Attorney General Bipul Bagmar represented the state.
