UNB, Dhaka :
A writ petition was filed with the Supreme Court on Thursday seeking its directive on the government and the Dhaka University authorities to allow the family of Prof Piash’s Karim to take his body to Central Shaheed Minar.
Eunus Ali Akond, a Supreme Court lawyer, who filed the petition said as per article 27 of the Constitution all citizens are equal and Piash Karim’s family has the right to take his body to Shaheed Minar as they are the citizens of Bangladesh.
“The government and the Dhaka University authorities have been obstructing them from
taking his body to Shaheed Minar which is illegal,” he added.
“According to article 28 of the Constitution, the state shall not discriminate against any citizen on the grounds only of religion, race, caste, sex or place of birth but it is happening in Dr Piash Karim’s case,” he said.
The Dhaka University Vice Chancellor and the Home Secretary have been made respondents to the writ.
The Dhaka University authorities on Wednesday rejected the application submitted by Piash Karim’s family seeking permission for taking his body to Shaheed Minar.
Meanwhile, Chhatra Sangram Parishad, a platform of seven student bodies, declared that they will resist the move to take Piash Karim’s body to Central Shaheed Minar.
Piash Karim, a professor of BRAC University’s Economics and Social Sciences Department and a regular discussant of television talk-shows, died of cardiac arrest early Monday at the age of 56.
