Staff Reporter :
The High Court (HC) on Sunday deferred hearing on the writ petition filed seeking directive upon the government to give adequate compensation to the family members of those who were killed and injured in a clash between locals and Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) members in Thakurgaon.
The HC Bench of Justice F R M Nazmul Ahasan and Justice K M Kamrul Kader fixed February 24, 2019, for hearing the petition after considering a time prayer placed by Attorney General Mahbubey Alam.
The hearing on the writ petition did not take place on Sunday.
Three persons were killed and at least 16 others suffered bullet wounds on February 12 when the members of a BGB patrol team opened fire following a scuffle with locals in the district.
Advocate Tonoy Kumer Saha, a Supreme Court lawyer, submitted the petition to the HC on February 14.
Md Moniruzzaman, Superintendent of Police in Thakurgaon, said that acting on a tip-off, a patrol team of Border Guard Bangladesh went to the village in Haripur upazila by a locally made three-wheeler in the morning to seize smuggled cattle.
At one stage, the BGB personnel got into an altercation with villagers, who encircled them. The BGB men failed to calm the villagers and opened fire, the SP told the media.
At least three persons were killed and at least 20 others suffered bullet wounds as members of a BGB patrol team opened fire.
Speaking at a press conference, Lt Col Tuhin Mohammad Masud, Commanding Officer of the 50 BGB Battalion, said, BGB personnel had to fire in self-defense as a gang of cattle smugglers attacked them at Baharampur village.
However, villagers alleged that BGB personnel from Betna Camp shot at them as they tried to prevent the BGB team from taking their cattle to the camp.
The deceased were identified as Nabab, 35, son of Nazrul; Sadek, 45, son of Jahiruddin from Ruhia village; and Joynul Islam, 12, son of Nur Islam from Baharampur village.
The High Court (HC) on Sunday deferred hearing on the writ petition filed seeking directive upon the government to give adequate compensation to the family members of those who were killed and injured in a clash between locals and Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) members in Thakurgaon.
The HC Bench of Justice F R M Nazmul Ahasan and Justice K M Kamrul Kader fixed February 24, 2019, for hearing the petition after considering a time prayer placed by Attorney General Mahbubey Alam.
The hearing on the writ petition did not take place on Sunday.
Three persons were killed and at least 16 others suffered bullet wounds on February 12 when the members of a BGB patrol team opened fire following a scuffle with locals in the district.
Advocate Tonoy Kumer Saha, a Supreme Court lawyer, submitted the petition to the HC on February 14.
Md Moniruzzaman, Superintendent of Police in Thakurgaon, said that acting on a tip-off, a patrol team of Border Guard Bangladesh went to the village in Haripur upazila by a locally made three-wheeler in the morning to seize smuggled cattle.
At one stage, the BGB personnel got into an altercation with villagers, who encircled them. The BGB men failed to calm the villagers and opened fire, the SP told the media.
At least three persons were killed and at least 20 others suffered bullet wounds as members of a BGB patrol team opened fire.
Speaking at a press conference, Lt Col Tuhin Mohammad Masud, Commanding Officer of the 50 BGB Battalion, said, BGB personnel had to fire in self-defense as a gang of cattle smugglers attacked them at Baharampur village.
However, villagers alleged that BGB personnel from Betna Camp shot at them as they tried to prevent the BGB team from taking their cattle to the camp.
The deceased were identified as Nabab, 35, son of Nazrul; Sadek, 45, son of Jahiruddin from Ruhia village; and Joynul Islam, 12, son of Nur Islam from Baharampur village.
