Staff Reporter :
The High Court on Tuesday formed a three-member inquiry committee to probe into the incident of the gang-rape of a woman at Murari Chand College in Sylhet on last Friday.
Committee comprising Judge of the Nari O Shishu Nirjatan Domon Tribunal in Sylhet, Chief Metropolitan Magistrate of Sylhet and Additional Deputy Commissioner (general) of Sylhet have been directed to probe into the incident by taking depositions from the victim, principal, hostel superintendent, concern persons and informants who witnessed the incident.
The committee have been asked to submit report in the High Court within 15 days.
The High Court Bench of Justice Md Mozibur Rahman Miah and Justice Mohi Uddin Shamim passed the order as a Suo Moto move after a Supreme Court lawyer, Muhammad Misbah Uddin, brought some news reports regarding the issue to the attention of the court.
Sylhet metropolitan police commissioner is directed to give adequate security to the inquiry committee and deputy commissioner of Sylhet is directed to provide all logistic support to the inquiry committee during their investigation.
The court asked the probe committee to send the report to the registrar general of the Supreme Court after it had completed.
Registrar of the High Court Division of the Supreme Court is directed to send the order of the court to the inquiry committee by today (Wednesday) without fail.
The court also issued a rule upon the respondent to show cause as to why they should not be directed to take appropriate legal steps against the principal and hostel superintendent of the MC college as they were found to have neglected to save an innocent women from the rapists on their campus and as they kept silent so long allowing non-student persons in their campus.
Education Secretary, Law Secretary, Home Secretary, vice-chancellor of National University, registrar of National University, principal of MC college, DC and metropolitan police commissioner of Sylhet hostel superintendent of MC college have been asked to comply with the rule within two weeks.
The court fixed October 18 to pass further order over the issue.
On the night of September 25, a group of BCL activists, some of them current and former students of the college, raped a woman after tying up her husband.
Later that night, the victim’s husband filed a case accusing six named and two to three unnamed. So far, police have detained seven persons, including four named in the case.
Meanwhile, the education ministry on Tuesday also formed a three-member investigation committee to probe into the negligence of the college authority in regarding the incident.
