Staff Reporter :
The High Court (HC) on Monday fixed February 7 to pass an order on the probe report prepared by the Chief Judicial Magistrate of Gaibandha over the incident of setting fire to Santals’ houses during an eviction drive in Gaibandha in November last.
The HC bench of Justice Obaidul Hassan and Justice Krishna Devnath fixed the date after the report was submitted. It found policemen and locals guilty of torching houses of the Santals.
The court asked the officials concerned of the district court to supply a copy of the investigation report to the writ petitioner seeking necessary order within February 5.
On December 14, the High Court directed the Chief Judicial Magistrate of Gaibandha to investigate if police were involved in setting fire to the houses of Santal community during a clash that took place
in the cane farm of Rangpur Sugar Mills in Gobindaganj upazila of Gaibandha district over harvesting of sugarcane.
The HC bench asked the Chief Judicial Magistrate to submit the report within 15 days.
On that day, Ain o Salish Kendra (ASK) filed a supplementary petition attaching some national and international media reports and images, where police were seen to set fire to a house, seeking the court order to carry out an investigation to identify the arson attackers.
The court also directed the police to conduct the investigation into the two cases, filed on November 17 and 26 against 600 and 33 identified and unidentified people respectively over the same issue, same status.
On November 26, Santals of Gaibandha filed a case against 33 people, including a local Awami League MP Principal Abul Kalam Azad and the UNO of Gobindaganj Abdul Hannan on charge of provoking an attack on the community on November 6.
On November 17, Swapan Murmu, a member of the community, filed another case against 600 people on charge of attacking the community.
The clash on November 6 took place in sugarcane farm of Rangpur Sugar Mills located in Gobindaganj upazila of Gaibandha over harvesting sugarcane. The clash left three Santals dead and 25 people, including nine cops, injured.
The High Court (HC) on Monday fixed February 7 to pass an order on the probe report prepared by the Chief Judicial Magistrate of Gaibandha over the incident of setting fire to Santals’ houses during an eviction drive in Gaibandha in November last.
The HC bench of Justice Obaidul Hassan and Justice Krishna Devnath fixed the date after the report was submitted. It found policemen and locals guilty of torching houses of the Santals.
The court asked the officials concerned of the district court to supply a copy of the investigation report to the writ petitioner seeking necessary order within February 5.
On December 14, the High Court directed the Chief Judicial Magistrate of Gaibandha to investigate if police were involved in setting fire to the houses of Santal community during a clash that took place
in the cane farm of Rangpur Sugar Mills in Gobindaganj upazila of Gaibandha district over harvesting of sugarcane.
The HC bench asked the Chief Judicial Magistrate to submit the report within 15 days.
On that day, Ain o Salish Kendra (ASK) filed a supplementary petition attaching some national and international media reports and images, where police were seen to set fire to a house, seeking the court order to carry out an investigation to identify the arson attackers.
The court also directed the police to conduct the investigation into the two cases, filed on November 17 and 26 against 600 and 33 identified and unidentified people respectively over the same issue, same status.
On November 26, Santals of Gaibandha filed a case against 33 people, including a local Awami League MP Principal Abul Kalam Azad and the UNO of Gobindaganj Abdul Hannan on charge of provoking an attack on the community on November 6.
On November 17, Swapan Murmu, a member of the community, filed another case against 600 people on charge of attacking the community.
The clash on November 6 took place in sugarcane farm of Rangpur Sugar Mills located in Gobindaganj upazila of Gaibandha over harvesting sugarcane. The clash left three Santals dead and 25 people, including nine cops, injured.
