9th anniversary of Felani murder today
Nine years have passed since the murder of Felani Khatun, who was shot dead by Indian Border Security Force (BSF), but her family’s wait for justice is not over yet.
“I am yet to achieve justice for my daughter’s killing,” a frustrated father Nur Islam said yesterday.
“I have submitted a writ to Indian Supreme Court. Trial of Felani murder case is being delayed there. I am unaware about the present state of the case,” he said.
“But I demand fair trial,” the father told our Kurigram correspondent.
Fifteen-year-old Felani was gunned down by BSF when she, along with her father, was returning home from India through Anantapur border along Phulbari upazila of Kurigram on January 7, 2011.
The ghastly photo of Felani’s body hanging from the barbwire upside down sparked protest and condemnation throughout the country.
The BSF trooper, Amiya Ghosh, who killed the unfortunate child, faced two phases of trial in an internal court. In both cases, he was acquitted.
Challenging the acquittal, Bangladesh Jatiya Mohila Ainjibi Samity through an Indian lawyer filed a writ petition with the Indian Supreme Court in 2013. Following Amiya’s acquittal for the second time, Felani’s father with the help of Indian human rights organisation Manobadhikar Surokkha Mancho (Masum) filed another writ petition with the court in 2015, said Advocate Abraham Lincoln, Kurigram public prosecutor and the lawyer who assisted Felani’s father in the case.
Meanwhile, Felani’s family will organise a doa mahfil in their village home under Rumkhana union of the district’s Nageswari upazila today.
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