The government has given the energy of special executive magistrate to the commissioned officers of the Bangladesh Military.
Consistent with a gazette notification issued by the Ministry of Public Administration this day (17 September), the eligible military officers will likely be in a articulate to behave as executive magistrates across the country for the following 60 days.
The military magistrates will habits their actions in respect of offences below Sections 64, 65, 83, 84, 86, 95(2), 100, 105, 107, 109, 110, 126, 127, 128, 130, 133 and 142 of the Code of Prison Procedure 1898 (CRPC).
Contacted, Supreme Court prison respectable Barrister Tapash Kanti Baul told TBS, “The Military didn’t occupy the energy to manufacture an arrest without the presence of an executive magistrate. But now they are able to situation any individual below arrest since they are able to narrate the energy vested upon them below Part 65 of the CRPC.”
The military, alongside with varied armed forces, has been conducting a joint operation to enhance looted hands and ammunition from police stations, outposts and varied safety institutions since 4 September.
