Prothom Alo editor sued over Abrar’s death
Matiur Rahman, editor and publisher of Bangla daily Prothom Alo, was sued yesterday in connection with the death of Naimul Abrar Rahat, a ninth grader of Dhaka Residential Model College.
The victim’s father, Mojibur Rahman, filed the case with the Fourth Additional Chief Metropolitan Magistrate’s Court in Dhaka.
Abrar was electrocuted during the anniversary programme of Prothom Alo’s youth magazine Kishor Alo on Friday. Some unnamed people linked to the programme were also made accused in the case.
The father complained that Abrar died due to negligence of the editor.
Additional Chief Metropolitan Magistrate (in-charge) Md Aminul Haque heard the complaint and took it into cognisance.
Hearing the complaint, the court directed the authorities concerned to exhume Abrar’s body and conduct an autopsy on it.
It also ordered the officer-in-charge of Mohammadpur Police Station to submit an investigation report on the case on December 1, after merging it with the report of the unnatural death case filed earlier in this connection.
In the complaint, Mojibur said his son was electrocuted and fell unconscious at 3:30pm on Friday while attending the programme of Kishor Alo.
The 14-year-old boy was taken to Universal Medical College and Hospital in Mohakhali 45 minutes after the incident happened, whereas Shaheed Suhrawardy Medical College Hospital was on the opposite side of the event venue, Mojibur complained, adding that his son was declared dead at 4:51pm.
Abrar might have been alive if the authorities had immediately taken him to the nearby hospital, he mentioned.
Mojibur was informed about his son’s death by one of Abrar’s classmates around 7:30pm that day.
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