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Vol. 5 Num 1121 Thu. July 26, 2007  
   
Metropolitan


Nowshin's father asked to resubmit application for fresh autopsy


The general recording officer of the Chief Metropolitan Magistrate's court yesterday asked the father of Sadia Nowshin Priyanka, a college student found dead at her home at Moghbazar in the capital, to resubmit the application regarding fresh autopsy of his daughter.

Nowshin's father Sultan Faruque submitted an application with Ramna Police Station on Tuesday demanding a second autopsy of his daughter and the Ramna police forwarded it to the court for further instruction.

But the General Recording Officer MA Haque said the forwarding report was "not written accurately" and lacks "proper recommendations". So, proper action could not be taken on the basis of the report, he said and advised Nowshin's father to resubmit the application.

Meanwhile, Nowshin's parents are also planning to file a general diary as they fear that their son Rownok Shihab Jim might come under attack by her uncle Zahidul Haque Rintu, the main accused of Nowshin Murder Case.

They also refrained from sending their son to school fearing attack by Rintu.

According to family sources, General Recording Officer MA Haque told Nowshin's father that the forwarding report should have specific recommendations such as "second autopsy of Nowshin is needed for the investigation" or "a committee should be formed to conduct the autopsy report".

"In the forwarding report, the police only recommended taking 'necessary steps'," Nowshin's father said.

He now suspects that the police inquest report was also not made "accurately".

When contacted, Kazi Didarul Alam, sub-inspector of Ramna police station and investigation officer of the case, said, "I do not know what was written in the forwarding report. I will correct the report if the court gives such direction. But it is not our duty to make such recommendations."

Nowshin, a brilliant student of Viqarunnisa Noon School and College, was found strangled on July 18. Her father filed a murder case accusing his brother-in-law Rintu and security guard of the building.