A day after the suicide of a mother along with her two children in Habiganj, the High Court yesterday summoned nine people including a union chairman and a police officer to explain their roles over the tragic incident.
They will have to appear before the court on August 23.
Ferdausi Akhter, 35, and her two children aged six and eight died as she jumped under a train with her four kids in Madhabpur upazila on Monday. The two others survived but sustained critical injuries. They were admitted to Brahmanbaria sadar hospital.
The day before she committed suicide, an arbitration asked her to leave the village, accusing her of having an illicit relation with a man, according to news reports.
Her husband Jilon Mia is an expatriate worker in Saudi Arabia.
The HC order came following reports published in newspapers including The Daily Star, stating that she committed suicide failing to stand the humiliation at the arbitration.
In the suo moto order, the bench of Justice AHM Shamsuddin Chowdhury Manik and Justice Gobinda Chandra Tagore ordered the officer-in-charge of the Madhabpur Police Station to file a criminal case against the persons involved in the arbitration on charges of provoking the suicide.
Those asked to appear before the court are Atiqur Rahman, chairman of Andiura union in Madhabpur upazila; Mainul Chowdhury, officer-in-charge of Madhabpur Police Station; Yasinul Haque, sub-inspector of the station; Manwar Hossain, officer-in-charge of Shahapur Railway Police Box; Tapan Dey, a union member; Malay Mia, a former union member, and arbitrators Karim Khan, Fazlur Rahman and Abdur Rahman.
Meanwhile, Habiganj Superintendent of Police Kamrul Amin said actions will be taken against the police members if they are found to have neglected their duties.
Source : The Daily Star
