Amnesty India goes to SC
Indian human rights body Amnesty India yesterday filed a writ petition with the country's Supreme Court, saying human rights were violated in Felani murder and confusion was created surrounding the trial process.
“We have sent the writ petition by post and through e-mail to Chief Justice HL Dattur of the apex court. Within a few days, it will be confirmed whether the writ is accepted,” Sushanto Sarkar, secretary of the organisation, told The Daily Star last night.
“We did not question the trial by the BSF directly, rather we sought directives to clear the confusion created among the people of the two countries surrounding the trial process,” Sushanto said.
Fifteen-year-old Felani Khatun was shot dead by a BSF man while she along with her father was returning home from India through Anantapur border in Phulbari upazila of Kurigram on January 7, 2011.
A special court of the Indian BSF began trial over this incident on August 13, 2013. As an outcome of the proceedings, the lone accused trooper Amiya Ghosh was acquitted of murder charge on September 6, 2013.
Felani's father had appealed to Indian High Commissioner to Bangladesh for revision trial in the case. On his appeal, proceedings of the revision trial, held in Cooch Bihar of West Bengal, began from September 22 last year.
On July 2, a special West Bengal court of Indian Border Security Force (BSF) upheld its previous verdict after the hearing of the revision trial.
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