Speedy trial for Chittagong cases

Sixteen cases filed over violence before and after the Jan 5 parliament polls in Chittagong will be handed over to Speedy Trials tribunals.

This decision was taken in a meeting at the Chittagong police headquarters on Sunday attended by OCs of sixteen police stations of the port city and top officials of the city police.

162 cases over violent incidents were filed across Chittagong before and after the Jan 5 polls in 2013-14 .

‘Of these, sixteen important cases will be transferred to the Speedy Trials tribunals. This was decided in our meeting on Sunday,” said Babul Akhter, Additional Deputy Commissioner of  Chittagong police (Detective Branch).

Five of these cases were filed with Chittagong’s Kotwali police station, three with Akbarshah police station, two each with Panchlaish, Double Mooring and Pahartoli police stations and one each with Baklia and Patenga police stations.

Chittagong police says 41 cases of violence were filed before and after the Jan 5 polls with the Kotwali police stations – the highest among those in the port city.

Details of other cases of violence filed with various police stations in Chittagong are as below:

Baklia  -- 12 ; Chakbazar – 3 ; 2- Sadarghat; 16 – Panchlaish ; 5 – Khulsi; 6- Bayazid; 14-Chandgaon; 9 –Double Mooring; 6- Halishahar ; 14- Pahartoli; Akbarshah – 10; Port area – 7; Patenga- 2, Karnafuli – 2.

66 of these cases were filed against activists of Jamaat-e-Islami and its student affiliate Islami Chatra Shibir , 11 against activists of BNP and 28 against those of its allies in the 18-party alliance.

915 were named as accused in these cases. Thousands were mentioned as accused but not named.

The case involving bomb explosions by Shibir activists that led to schoolgirl Antu Barua suffering severe injury would be transferred to the Speedy Trials tribunal, Babul Akhter told bdnews24.com.

 A top Shibir leader in Chittagong, Masrur Hossain is booked in this case as accused.

Another case being transferred for Speedy trials involves pro-BNP Chatra Dal leader Tinku Das, who is accused of hurling petrol bombs that led to the death of ‘Leguna’ driver Mitul.

Babul Akhter said the charge sheet in all the cases being transferred to Speedy Trial Tribunals will be finalized and submitted in the next ten days.