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Law Minister Moudud Ahmed said Thursday trial of the Kibria murder case will start soon while the investigation into the August 21 grenade attack on Awami League (AL) rally is still continuing, reports UNB.
Dismissing the allegation made by a US human rights report on Bangladesh that the government has failed to hold trial of political killings, he said only two incidents of political murder occurred - one on August 21 at AL rally in Dhaka and another on January 27 in Habiganj killing Shah AMS Kibria, an opposition lawmaker.
He said the police have already submitted charge sheet following investigation into the Kibria killing and the trial will start soon. "The investigation was completely neutral as the first accused is known to be a local leader of the ruling BNP," he said.
About the August 21 grenade attack, Moudud said the government has involved the FBI and the Interpol in addition to its own intelligence agencies to find out the real culprits. Even a reward of Tk 10 million had been announced for giving information about the culprits.
Besides, a one-member judicial commission was constituted to investigate the August 21 violence in Habiganj. But he said the commission could not identify anyone involved in it. Still, he said, the investigation process is continuing.
Asked about the publication of judiciary commission report, the law minister reiterated that he personally felt that such reports should be made public.
Commenting on the US report on human rights and democracy in Bangladesh, the law minister said it is a routine affair of the US State Department to publish information of human rights violations in the developing countries, keeping tight-lipped on such violation in the developed countries.
The report is imbalanced and is not based on objectivity, he said, adding that it had failed to reflect the government's efforts to improve the human rights situation through reforming laws.
About the extra-judicial killings in RAB crossfire, Maudud again claimed that no innocent people or political personality had been victimised in the crossfire. Those who died in encounters are all terrorists, he said.
The question of human rights of 140 million people is more important to the government than the human rights of terrorists, he pointed out.
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