Police are yet to file a murder case in the killing of Abu Hossain Sham in Dinajpur over two weeks, with officials saying it may take some more time as they are waiting for autopsy report.
Laila Begum, mother of Sham, told the Dhaka Tribune that people who killed her son over previous enmity were moving freely under the nose of law enforcers.
Restraining herself from uttering any name, she also said the suspected were threating her family with dire consequence if they tried to register a case against them.
“I tried to raise my voice against the slothfulness of the police for not lodging the case, it seems all of my efforts went in vain,” she said in a voice choked with emotion.
Police recovered the body of Sham from Chok Kanchan Notun Para area beside Dinajpur-Bochaganj road under Birol upazila of the district.
Then, police sent the body to Dinajpur Medical Collage Hospital for autopsy and handed over the body to family members after post-mortem examination.
When the family went to the police station for lodging a murder case with Kotwali police station, they refused to file the case and said that the murder occurred in the territory of Birol police station, so they could not file case.
They also advised them to go to Birol police station to file a case.
Later, the family members rushed to Birol police station, but Officer-in-Charge of the police station Amirul Islam refused to file a case and advised Sham’s family to wait for post-mortem report.
Amirul Islam also told Laila Begum that they could not file the case because of pressure from higher authorities.
Ruhul Amin, superintendent of police, said: “We cannot file any case without receiving the autopsy report.”
About the matter, some lawyers, including Shamim Bin Golam Pal, Saiful Islam, said: “If any person go to any police station with such kind of allegation police are bound to file a case immediately.”
They termed the activities of police centering the murder of Sham a“drama”.
Locals demanded punishment of the killers by filing the case immediately.
They said they would go for stronger movement if police did not file a murder case and take stern action against the killers.
