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The NHRC chief also expressed his disappointment that the owner or the representative from the management of the factory had
not visited the spot till then. He added that
from the statement of the people present over
there it was primarily assumed that the fault
of the construction and subsequent extension
of the factory and non-compliance of the
labor laws might be the reasons of the disaster. So factory owner should face legal consequences.
Inspection at Dhaka Medical College Hospital
On 01 November 2016, NHRC Chairman
Kazi Reazul Hoque visited One Stop Crisis
Center, Dhaka Medical College hospital to
meet Dinajpur and Bhatara rape survivors.
He talked with them, their relatives and the
doctors. After that, He talked with journalists. Kazi Reazul Hoque said, “The incident
that took place with the Dinajpur girl is
unbelievable. The brutality displayed by
these men is barbaric. Even animals and less
civilised human beings would not display
such behaviour. They should be punished.”
He said that in most cases, charge sheets
were not well written and offenders used
loopholes to get free. Even most often police
delayed the submission of charge sheets. For
cases like these identifying the criminals,
collecting evidence and obtaining medical
reports were not difficult. Police needed to
submit the charge sheet as soon as possible
so that the criminals could not bribe or harass
the witnesses. He also urged prosecutors to
perform their duties effectively and asked the
local police to encourage the Bhatara community to support the victim so that they
could make a stand against local influentials.
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He also said that NHRC was doing follow-up
of the sensitive cases like these.
Inspection at the spot of Tonu Murder
On 31 March 2016, Professor Dr. Mizanur
Rahman, former Chairman, NHRC with
team visited the spot of Comilla Cantonment
area where the body of Sohagi JahanTonu
was found on March 20. It is alleged that she
was raped and killed brutally in the Comilla
Cantonment area. The whole country is
demanding justice for Tonu; a second year
student of Comilla Victoria College. NHRC
has taken the case as Suo Motu and has kept
surveillance on the matter.
After visiting the spot and talking with
Tonu’s parents in their home, NHRC has
made certain observation and exchanged
views with journalists at Comilla Circuit
House. On this matter, NHRC also sent a list
of recommendations to the Home Minister of
Bangladesh. These are:
As the first post-mortem report raised
many questions, NHRC thinks the decision
of doing post-mortem for second time is
needed and this time the post-mortem should
answer all the questions yet to be answered.
Whoever tried or influenced to change the
first post-mortem report must be brought to
justice.