The High Court on Tuesday summoned the Cumilla district superintendent of police to appear before it on August 12 for failing to comply with its earlier order to submit a progress report on the investigation into the rape of a housewife in Muradnagar.
On June 29, the court directed the SP to report within 15 days on the progress of the probe of the public importance case, as well as to provide safety, protection and treatment to the victim.
Deputy attorney general Tanim Khan, however, told the court that the SP merely sent an update via WhatsApp, without submitting a formal report.
The bench of Justice Fahmida Quader and Justice Sayed Jahed Mansur expressed dissatisfaction over the SP鈥檚 failure to submit an affidavit of the progress of the probe, and issued the summons.
Lawyer Mir Nurun Noby Uzzal, who filed the writ petition, informed the court that although Bangladesh Telecommunication Regulatory Commission removed the video of the assault of the victim from social media as per the court order, no formal update on the investigation had been submitted.
The petition was filed with a newspaper report titled 鈥楥ase filed over alleged rape of a woman after breaking into a home on June 29,鈥� published in Prothom Alo.
The court on June 29 also issued a rule asking the authorities to explain why the disclosure of the victim鈥檚 identity and the spread of the video should not be declared illegal and unconstitutional.
Lawyer Nurunnabi condemned the sharing of such content, calling it a violation of human rights and a form of secondary trauma for survivors.
