The Chittagong Metropolitan Police yesterday decided to accelerate investigation into political violence cases lodged from 2013 to 2014 by placing charge sheet of the cases before the court quickly.
“During a meeting, presided over by CMP Commissioner Md Shafiqul Islam, the decision was made to complete investigations of important 16 political violence cases out of a total 159 lodged with 16 police stations under CMP within a short time,” Additional Commissioner (crime and operation) Banaz Kumar Majumder said.
CMP sources said the selected 16 political violence cases include the case filed over the injury of a schoolgirl from a crude bomb explosion, CNG auto-rickshaw driver Mitul murder case, bomb blast at Chittagong Shah Amanat International Airport parking lot, attack on police at the city’s Bepari Para, attack on police at Akbar Shah area, crude bomb hurled on policemen in the port city’s Askar Dighir Par, among others.
Of the cases, five were under investigation by Kotwali police station, one by Bakalia, two by Panchlaish, two by Double Mooring, two by Pahartoli, three by Akbar Shah and one by Patenga police station.
Banaz also said the CMP would work to finish the investigations and submission of charge sheets quickly so that the trial could begin immediately at Speedy Trial Tribunals as per the government’s decision.
A CMP high-official, seeking anonymity, told Dhaka Tribune that charge sheet of the selected 16 cases would be submitted by the first half of May.
Earlier, the government decided to transfer the political violence cases regarding pre- and post-parliamentary election to Speedy Trial Tribunal for quick disposal of the cases.
Of the 159 such cases in the CMP, 66 were lodged against Jamaat-Shibir men, 28 against BNP-led 18-party alliance men, 13 against the BNP activists and 918 named persons. As many as 13,000 to 14,000 unnamed persons were sued in these cases.
