The High Court yesterday shifted the charge of investigating the alleged torture and rape of a minor girl to the Criminal Investigation Department.
The CID has also been asked to submit its probe report to the court on May 20.
The High Court bench of Justice Mirza Hussain Haider and Justice Khurshid Alam Sarkar asked the Pirojpur police super to take the case seriously upon a writ petition filed by Ain O Salish Kendra (ASK).
ASK’s lawyer Abonti Nurul told the Dhaka Tribune that the court found inconsistency in the deposition of the girl in the lower court and her complaint to the police, so the High Court entrusted the responsibility for investigation to the CID.
Suspected rapist Abdur Rahman, Assistant Sub-Inspector of Nazirpur police station Mujahidul Islam Miah Zafar who allegedly aided him in the rape, and Ashim Mistri, a teacher at a madrasa where the girl studied, appeared before the court yesterday.
Two of them, Rahman and Zafar, were sent back to jail.
Lawyer SM Rezaul Karim stood for Zafar while Deputy Attorney General Al-Amin Sarker moved for the state.