Families of the victims of the 2009 Pilkhana carnage on the present time (28 November) will take to the World Crimes Tribunal (ICT) to watch justice.
They’ll file a complaint with the tribunal all around the next two weeks to make certain that the actual facts of the killings and the trial of the conspirators, stated Imply Shakib Rahman, son of the unhurried Colonel Qudrat Elahi, at a press convention in Raowa Corridor in Mohakhali.
To boot they demanded designating the 74 other folks, including 57 military officers, who misplaced their lives within the Pilkhana carnage as martyrs, declaring 25 February as Pilkhana Tragedy Day.
Alleging that the conspirators of the BDR bloodbath had been in energy at some level of the Awami League executive, Shakib stated, “The hot executive has not given us even five minutes of time. Now, we hope the executive will present security to the victims’ households who are filing the complaint. Since the of us we can sue had been in energy at some level of the outdated executive.
Sheikh Fazle Noor Taposh, Sheikh Fazlul Karim Selim, Jahangir Kabir Nanak, and Mirza Azam shall be named within the complaint, he stated, adding that based mostly on the Doctrine of Uncover Accountability of the worldwide law, extinct top minister Sheikh Hasina can even be dropped at justice.
“As the then chief of the Ministry of Defense, she cannot evade responsibility. We are able to also file a complaint against her…To boot to, the then military officers shall be mentioned, especially those that had been DGFI officers. We are able to also mention some journalists who created fraudulent narratives at some level of that time.”
Shakib extra stated though the BDR mutiny case, going on for practically 16 years, is within the Appellate Division, the most fresh updates are unknown to the victims’ relatives.
“No dialog has been made with us at some level of this lengthy timeframe concerning the case. The victims cease not know the hot topic with the case. So, how will the of us of the country know?”
Rakin Ahmed Bhuiyan, son of then BDR chief Important Frequent Shakil Ahmed, stated, “The outdated fascist Awami League executive didn’t allow cases of enforced disappearances and murderers to be tried. Since there isn’t very at all times a obstacle now, the investigation into the BDR mutiny case would possibly per chance maybe composed be finished rapid and other folks fervent would possibly per chance maybe composed be punished below the law.”
He also demanded that those guilty for the accident Sarjis Alam and Hasnat Abdullah survived the previous day be dropped at book, moreover to justice for the lawyer who used to be killed in Chattogram on 26 November at some level of an unrest centring the extinct Iskcon leader being sent to penal advanced.
On behalf of the victims’ households, Nahrin Ferdousi, partner of the unhurried Colonel Mojibul Haque, raised some requires which incorporated declaring 25 February as “Shaheed Shena Dibosh” sooner than February 2025, moreover to hoisting the nationwide flag at half of-mast across the country on that day.
Stressful a fresh investigation into the bloodbath, she stated, “Let us be told in regards to the progress of the probe commission. Let all outdated investigation reports be made public.”
She also demanded that the 57 military officers be given the position of martyrs in an first fee gazette and the Pilkhana tragedy be incorporated in college textbooks.
Fabliha Bushra, daughter of the unhurried Lieutenant Colonel Lutfur Rahman Khan, Fauzia Rashid, partner of the unhurried Lt Col Kazi Robi Rahman and his brother Kazi Oli Rahman, Dr Mamun, brother of the unhurried Colonel Ershad, Ashraful Alam Hannan, son of the unhurried Central Subedar Important Nurul Islam, and Labi Rahman, partner of the unhurried Colonel Qudrat Elahi, had been repeat, amongst others.
