A DNA test requested by the family of BNP chief Harris Chowdhury after exhuming his body has lastly confirmed his death inserting to rest all rumours.
The body buried beneath the title of “Mahmudur Rahman” in Savar in 2021 modified into as soon as exhumed on 16 October and after a genetic matching modified into as soon as established with Harris’ daughter Barrister Samira Tanzin Chowdhury.
The outcomes proved the body to be of Harris Chowdhury and inquisitive relating to the outcomes, the Excessive Court docket has granted permission to rebury Harris Chowdhury’s body at his most smartly-appreciated burial device with due honour as a freedom fighter as per his closing wants.
The bench of Justice Fahmida Khatun and Justice Mubina Asaf issued the uncover this day (4 December) after reviewing the DNA test findings submitted to the court docket.
Recommend Barrister Mahdin Chowdhury represented the petitioner at some level of the hearing.
Relating to the Excessive Court docket uncover, his daughter Barrister Samira acknowledged, “The outgoing authoritarian regime scripted a drama to solid doubt on my father’s death. Media studies perpetuated confusion over his death. As his youngster, this uncertainty is agonising and deeply painful. Folks peaceful build a question to, ‘Did he if truth be told fade away?’ The harassment we have faced prompted us to stumble on the court docket’s intervention to bring closure. The court docket didn’t disappoint us.”
Previously, on 5 September, the identical bench directed the exhumation of the body for DNA finding out in response to a writ petition filed by Harris Chowdhury’s daughter, Samira Tanzin.
His body modified into as soon as exhumed on 16 October 2024 from the Jamia Khatamun Graveyard in the Kamalpur device of Birulia union, Savar beneath tight security.
Harris Chowdhury, the used political secretary to BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia, modified into as soon as reportedly buried beneath the alias “Mahmudur Rahman” in a madrasa cemetery in Jalalabad, Savar, printed a media story on 4 September 2021.
Essentially based utterly mostly on the petitioner’s lawyer, Harris Chowdhury went into hiding to flee the wrath of the then authorities. Later, he lived in Dhaka beneath the alias Mahmudur Rahman and remained in the metropolis till his death.
On 3 September 2021, he handed away at Evercare Clinical institution in the capital after contracting Covid-19. Alternatively, beneath stress from the legislation enforcement agencies of the then-authorities, his death modified into as soon as hid, and he modified into as soon as forcibly buried in the premises of a madrasa in Savar. The authorities didn’t venture any death certificate beneath his real id at the time and didn’t accord him the due honour he deserved as a freedom fighter.
For a while, Harris Chowdhury’s cousin, Ashiq Chowdhury, had hinted at inconsistencies relating to Harris Chowdhury’s death thru Fb posts but never made insist statements. This sparked public discussion.
Samira later clarified that her father had indeed died in Dhaka. Earlier, rumours advised that Harris Chowdhury had died in London, but Samira explained that he had remained in Bangladesh. He had been serving as an Imam in mosques and preaching on behalf of Tabligh-Jamaat.
The Excessive Court docket’s directive now permits the family to proceed with his reburial with due honour as a freedom fighter as per his final wants.
