Sheikh Azizur Rahman, father of Rajon - the child who was beaten to death in Sylhet last month - has sent a memorandum to Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina seeking justice for his son.
Sources said he sent the memorandum to the prime minister via the deputy commissioner of Sylhet.
In the memo, he made four demands to the prime minister: Repartriation of Kamrul Islam, main accused in Rajon’s murder who is detained in Saudi Arabia, exemplary punishment of all killers through speedy trial, punishment of the police officials who tried to cover up the murder in exchange of bribe, and security for his family.
Expressing discontent over the lack of progress in the case, Azizur said other than the launch of investigation against the offending police officers, no effective steps have been taken to brought Rajon’s killers to book.
He said in the case that police filed in regards to the murder, police manipulated with the details in order to save the killers. Later, Azizur filed another case to start the process of catching the culprits.
He also mentioned that his family had been visited by Finance Minister AMA Muhith, Home Affairs Minister Asaduzzaman Khan, State Minister for Women and Children Affairs Meher Afroz Chumki and many other government high-ups, all of whom assured him that his family would get justice.
Rajon was brutally tortured by Kamrul and some other men in Sylhet’s Kumargaon area on July 8 morning, while one of the perpetrators recorded a video of the torture and uploaded it to the internet. Rajon died later from his injuries.
The video sparked an uproar throughout the country. Police has arrested 13 people in connection with the case so far, eight of whom confessed to committing the heinous crime.
The police authorities have also suspended three police officers for negligence of duty regarding the investigation of the murder.