The foreign ministry has formally expressed its “utter frustration” to the Indian authorities over the verdict in Felani murder case conducted by the Indian Border Security Force.
“We have sent a note verbale to India, expressing our utter frustration, and hope that justice will prevail,” said an official of the foreign ministry.
The formal communication had been sent on Monday he said.
The self-confessed killer of 15-year-old Felani, BSF Constable Amiya Ghosh, was acquitted and pronounced not guilty by a quasi-judicial court of the BSF on Friday.
The ministry official said they were also exploring legal options on the possibility of becoming a party to the Felani case in India. “We will discuss the issue with legal experts,” he said.
Meanwhile, Law Minister Shafique Ahmed on Saturday said aggrieved persons should appeal to the appropriate authorities if they considered that a judgment had not been fair.
Home Minister Muhiuddin Khan Alamgir also said justice had not been reflected in the judgement of the Felani killing case.
Criticising the BSF court’s verdict on Saturday, National Human Rights Commission Chairman Mizanur Rahman said the judgment showed disrespect to the international laws.
In a clarification on Saturday, the Indian High Commission said: “The trial of the case by a BSF Court of Inquiry was the first step of a quasi-judicial process. The due process of law, which has provision for appeal and review by the competent authority, will be followed. Justice will be delivered to those who are found guilty.”
Felani was shot dead by Amiya Ghosh on January 7, 2011 along the Bangladesh-India border when the girl was trying to return to Bangladesh to get married.
The image of her dead body hanging from the barbed-wire fence shocked the whole country.
Our Correspondent in Kurigram adds: Felani’s father on Wednesday appealed to the Indian government and its people, seeking justice and compensation for her daughter’s killing.
Apparently frustrated by the Indian court’s verdict, Felani’s father Nurul Islam sent out an e-letter to the Indian High Commission in Bangladesh, the West Bengal human rights organisation Manobadhikar Surokkha Moncho (MASUM) and Dhaka’s Ain O Salish Kendra (ASK) on Wednesday morning.
In the letter, which was sent via email, Nurul Islam described himself as a believer of human rights and justice and urged the Indian government as well as its people to come forward so that justice was served to the ones liable for the killing of her daughter.
Talking to the Dhaka Tribune, Nurul said: “I want the Indian government to mete out justice to Felani’s killers and pay compensation to my losses. That is why I sent the letter to them through email.”
ASK investigation unit’s Deputy Director Md Tipu Sultan acknowledged having received Nurul’s letter.
Nurul said he had trouble understanding how killers could be innocent. “The BSF killed my daughter before my very eyes. I do not understand how the culprits could remain innocent even after killing my daughter.”
The aggrieved father vowed to fight for the rest of his life to bring the killers of her daughter to book.
