UNB, Dhaka :The High Court on Monday issued rules asking the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) and its chairman to explain why the commission is silent in initiating legal steps against the person responsible for raping a child.An HC division bench comprising Justice Farah Mahbub and Justice Kazi M Ejarul Haque Akondo passed the order after a preliminary hearing on a public interest litigation writ petition (PIL) filed by Bangladesh Children Charity Foundation (BCCF).The HC also issued rule upon the respondents to explain why the impugned classification of human rights violation in respect of government organisations or its staff published in the commission’s 2011 annual report should not be declared unlawful.The respondents have been asked to reply to the rules by October 7.According to the case statement, a madrashah female student of class VII at Choddogram in Comilla was violated by a youth last year. A case was filed in connection with the rape incident on August 30, 2013.Later, the suspected accused was granted bail on February 24 this year from Comilla Nari-O-Shishu Nirjatan Tribunal subject to marrying the violated girl within two weeks.Meanwhile, the victim denied marrying the accused, an influential member of the locality, and her family made efforts to challenge the tribunal order but failed as they could not collect the certified copy of the bail order due to non-cooperation of the PP and others concerned.At one stage, the victim along with her family left their village for Dhaka to take refuge and sought remedy from the NHRC, but disappointed to get any response despite appeal.Barrister Abdul Halim appeared for BCCF while deputy attorney general Amatul Karim represented the government.
