Staff Reporter :
The High Court (HC) on Tuesday issued a rule upon the government to explain in two weeks as to why looting, firing of bullets on Santal people and torching of their houses in Gobindaganj upazila of Gaibandha district should not be declared illegal.
In the rule, the HC also asked the administration to show cause as to why they should not be directed to take legal action against persons responsible for the criminal offences.
The HC bench of Justice Obaidul Hassan and Justice Krishna Debnath passed the order after hearing a writ petition filed by two Santal women.
The Santal victims Olivia Hembron, wife of Dijen Tudu, and Rumila Kisku, wife of Ganesh Murmu, from Jaypur village on Monday submitted the petition through their lawyer with the High Court seeking formation of a judicial commission to investigate eviction process of Santals in Gobindaganj upazila of Gaibandha on November 6.
Secretaries to the Ministries of Home, Law, Industries and Land, Inspector General of Police, Deputy Commissioner and Superintendent of Police of Gaibandha, Upazila Nirbahi Officer of Gobindaganj, Officer-in-Charge of Gobindaganj police station, Managing Director of Rangpur Sugar Mills, MP of Gaibandha-4, and Chairman of Sapmara Union Parishad have been made respondents in the rule.
Earlier, both the Santal women sent a legal notice seeking an explanation from the administration under what authority they had carried out the eviction.
The clash on November 6 took place at Shahebganj cane 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 Tuesday issued a rule upon the government to explain in two weeks as to why looting, firing of bullets on Santal people and torching of their houses in Gobindaganj upazila of Gaibandha district should not be declared illegal.
In the rule, the HC also asked the administration to show cause as to why they should not be directed to take legal action against persons responsible for the criminal offences.
The HC bench of Justice Obaidul Hassan and Justice Krishna Debnath passed the order after hearing a writ petition filed by two Santal women.
The Santal victims Olivia Hembron, wife of Dijen Tudu, and Rumila Kisku, wife of Ganesh Murmu, from Jaypur village on Monday submitted the petition through their lawyer with the High Court seeking formation of a judicial commission to investigate eviction process of Santals in Gobindaganj upazila of Gaibandha on November 6.
Secretaries to the Ministries of Home, Law, Industries and Land, Inspector General of Police, Deputy Commissioner and Superintendent of Police of Gaibandha, Upazila Nirbahi Officer of Gobindaganj, Officer-in-Charge of Gobindaganj police station, Managing Director of Rangpur Sugar Mills, MP of Gaibandha-4, and Chairman of Sapmara Union Parishad have been made respondents in the rule.
Earlier, both the Santal women sent a legal notice seeking an explanation from the administration under what authority they had carried out the eviction.
The clash on November 6 took place at Shahebganj cane 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.
