Charges against Limon in a case lodged by Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) after maiming him has not yet been withdrawn even after eight months of the home ministry order.
The hearing on the withdrawal of the case has so far been deferred for the seventh time yesterday.
The hearing was deferred to June 23, 2014 as Chief Judicial Magistrate of Jhalokati had been transferred in August 2013 and acting chief judicial magistrate Md Arifuzzaman had no jurisdiction to hear such appeal, explained advocate M Alam Khan Kalam, additional public prosecutor of Jhalokati.
Limon Hossain was a college student who used to work in a brick kiln to bear his educational expenses and allegedly maimed by RAB shooting in the leg after he was taken to a place adjacent to his house at Jamaddarhat in Rajapur Upazila of Jhalokati on March 23, 2011.
Limon’s left leg was amputated from the thigh on March 27 at Dhaka National Institute for Traumatology and Orthopaedic Rehabilitation (NITOR) Hospital.
The RAB after maiming Limon filed two cases – one under the arms act and the other for obstructing RAB personnel from discharging their duty – with Rajapur police station accusing Limon and seven others of attempting to murder and injure RAB personnel.
Two separate charge sheets were framed against Limon on April 24, 2011 and July 1, 2012 under the juvenile crime prevention act.
As there was huge uproar from human rights activists and media the home ministry on July 9, 2013 ordered to withdraw the charges brought against Limon by the RAB.
