Chief Metropolitan Magistrate (CMM) of Dhaka formed a one-member judicial committee yesterday to probe the killing of six students at Aminbazar on the outskirts of the capital last month.
The committee manned by Metropolitan Magistrate Utpal Chowdhury has been asked by the High Court to submit the report within the next 30 days.
Mizanur Rahman, senior information officer of the law ministry told The Daily Star that the CMM, AKM Enamul Haque placed the order of the formation of judicial committee to the ministry yesterday.
Six students were beaten to death by several hundred villagers at Keblar Char in Aminbazar on July 18.
The deceased students are: Tipu Sultan of Tejgaon College, Towhidur Rahman Palash, Kamruzzaman Kanto and Ibrahim Khalil of Mirpur Bangla College; Shams Rahim Shamam of Maple Leaf International School, and Sitaf Jabi Munif of Bangladesh University of Business and Technology.
Anwar Hossain, sub-inspector of Savar Police Station, filed a case accusing around five hundred unidentified villagers.
In response to a writ petition filed by the National Forum for Protection of Human Rights, the HC on August 3 asked the CMM to form a committee with a magistrate to investigate the tragic incident.
On July 28, the government ordered to include Aminbazar killing in the home ministry's list of sensational cases.
Source : The Daily Star
