The chairman of the National Human Rights Commission, Mizanur Rahman, on Saturday asked the police not to 'fabricate any story' to cover up the truth about the lynching of six students in Amin Bazaar.
He also expressed his concern over the 'slow investigation' by the concerned police officials, and said 'They are working too slowly, and such sluggishness, particularly in the investigation of such gruesome murders of innocent youths, is not acceptable at all.'
He made the remarks while speaking at a seminar organised by Odhikar, the country's most prominent human rights organisation, at Hope Centre in Ashulia, Savar.
Mizanur also warned the concerned police officials that any findings of the investigation that the commission would think to be 'false' would be probed by the commission.
'And stern steps will be taken,' Mizanur warned the investigators.
He also said that the lynching of these youths should be treated as a severe crime.
'The state cannot deny its responsibility for such
a grievous incident,' Mizanur added.
He was expressing his concern over the recent incident in Amin Bazaar where six youths, all students of different educational institutions in Dhaka, were mercilessly beaten to death by villagers on July 18. The villagers accused the youths of preparing to commit a robbery without any proof, and the families of the youths claimed that they had gone there to have some fun.
Soruce : New Age
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