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| Probe post-poll violence in 2001 |
| 2009-05-07 |
| [Bangla Daily Star] The High Court (HC) yesterday directed the government to form an enquiry commission in two months to probe violence and criminal offences against the opposition parties and minority communities across the country after the 2001 polls. The HC bench of justices ABM Khairul Haque and Md Mamtazuddin Ahmed in the judgment also asked the government to get the investigation reports from the enquiry commission within six months of its formation. The bench, however, ruled that any party of this case could move to this court for directions if they deemed it necessary after the submission of the enquiry reports. The HC in its verdict observed that it was evident from the book "Crime on Humanity" published in 2002 and the report published by the Amnesty International that human rights in the country had been violated after the national polls in 2001. As per the provision of the Enquiry Commission Act 1956 the government is authorised to form enquiry commission on any important issues of public interest, the court observed. The home and cabinet secretaries, inspector general of police (IGP), additional IGP (headquarters) and all divisional deputy inspectors general were made respondents in the case to implement the directives. |
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