The Crime Desk: The investigation committee formed by the Chittagong District Bar Association has demanded a judicial investigation into the incident of clash, vandalism, and murder of lawyer Saiful Islam in the court premises surrounding the rejection of bail for Sammilit Sanatani Jagran Jote spokesperson and ISKCON organizer Chinmoy Krishna Das in a sedition case.
The head of the committee, former Metropolitan PP and lawyer Abdus Sattar, made this recommendation to the leaders of the District Bar Association, and he has applied for exemption from the investigation committee. Earlier, four members, including the member secretary of the committee, had sought exemption.
In this context, the head of the investigation committee, Abdus Sattar, said, ‘After the incident of the clash, vandalism, and murder of a lawyer in the court premises, the investigation committee was formed by the association on November 10. It was asked to submit a report on November 15. Four people, including the member secretary, have resigned from it. This is a sensational incident. 7 cases have already been filed in this incident. Government officials and employees may be involved in this incident. Chinmoy gave his speech while in the prison van using a police microphone. There was also an incident of copying the case within 1 hour. In such a situation, I do not think that this incident would be investigated by an ordinary person. A proper investigation should be conducted by a judge of the rank of a district and sessions judge on this incident. That is why I myself applied for an exemption from this investigation process last Thursday.
Incidentally, a clash broke out in the court premises on November 26 over the rejection of bail for Sammilit Sanatani Jagran Jote spokesperson Chinmoy Krishna Das, who was arrested in a sedition case. At that time, lawyer Saiful Islam Alif was beaten and hacked to death. Saiful’s father, Jamal Uddin, filed a murder case naming 31 people as the plaintiffs in this incident.
In addition, six more cases were filed for assault on the police, obstruction of work, assault on lawyers and trial seekers, and explosion of cocktails.
So far, the police have arrested 11 people in the murder of lawyer Saiful Islam Alif. Among them, three accused named Chandan Das, Ripon Das, and Rajiv Bhattacharya have given confessional statements in court.
