‘Punish culprits who dug up baby’s grave’

Ekattorer Ghatak Dalal Nirmul Committee yesterday condemned the removal of the body of a baby belonging to Ahmadiyya community from a grave in Brahmanbaria, and demanded punishment of the culprits behind the incident.

In a press statement, the committee leaders urged the prime minister to take action against administrative failure and negligence to protect the Ahmadiyya and the country's other religious minority groups, and ensure that their due rights guaranteed by the constitution.

It further called upon the National Human Rights Commission to take a proactive role over in this regard.

In the statement, the committee's President Shahriar Kabir and its advisory council President Justice Mohammad Golam Rabbani said news reports on the Brahmanbaria incident made them "hurt, worried and agitated".

They said fundamentalists close to Jamaat-e-Islami were behind the incident. Instead of nabbing the perpetrators, local administration tried to hide the incident through arbitration, which was against the rule of law and in serious violation of human rights, it added.

On Thursday, some locals in Brahmanbaria Sadar upazila's Ghatura village allegedly removed the baby's body from grave, and left it on the roadside. The baby's family alleged some locals did this since the family belongs to the Ahmadiyya community.