Home Minister Asaduzzaman Khan Kamal has termed the maiming of Limon as an accident.
He made the statement while talking to journalists at his office on Wednesday, a day after the Human Rights Watch called upon the government to prosecute the RAB members, who shot Limon.
He said: “The maiming of Limon was nothing but an accident. Anything can be happened accidentally during surgery.”
The HRW called upon the Bangladeshi government to launch an independent investigation into the 2011 shooting on Limon Hossain.
On March 23, 2011, Limon was shot in the leg at “point-blank range” allegedly by the elite force personnel near his house in Jhalakathi. Four days later, Limon’s leg was amputated to save his life. For medical reasons he was not able to return home for more than six months.
Following a Home Ministry order of July 9 last year, a Jhalakathi court withdrew charges against Limon in one case the same month and in the other case last week.
