Chief Justice Surendra Kumar Sinha has blamed faulty investigation by the police for allowing the accused human traffickers to go free.
He made the remark at a national dialogue over human trafficking situation, in response to claims by the IGP and RAB DG that most human trafficking cases remained pending at the courts.
“When I joined as the chief justice, I proposed to the inspector general of police to train the police to effectively carry out investigations. But I have still not received any response from their side,” the chief justice told the event, organised by the All-Party Parliamentary Group at a city hotel.
“I will provide judges for the training programme to train police,” he added.
“The second fault is prosecution. Most of the public prosecutors come from political parties who do not know a word of the CrPC [Code of Criminal Procedure], they do not know law.”
Justice Sinha also assured that if the police effectively carried out probe against human traffickers, then he would cancel any stay orders previously given by the Supreme Court in those cases.
Also speaking there, Foreign Minister AH Mahmud Ali said human traffickers have been taking advantage of the Rohingya issue, adding that the government are planning to set up three liaison offices near the border to control the issue.
National Human Rights Commission Chairman Dr Mizanur Rahman said human trafficking to Malaysia was increasing as the government-to-government agreement with Malaysia had failed.
Urging for better skills development and awareness building, Home Ministry Senior Secretary Dr Mozammel Hossain said alternative dispute resolution (ADR) or other processes could help reduce human trafficking.
Inspector General of Police AKM Shahidul Hoque said human trafficking would stay in check if legal ways to send manpower abroad remained open. RAB Director General Benazir Ahmed, on the other hand, said the Rohingya issue should be solved to stop human trafficking.