Writ challenging legality filed

A writ petition was filed with the High Court yesterday challenging the legality of law enforcers' action in producing three detained suspected bloggers before the media last week.
The law enforcers nabbed Subrata Adhikari Shuvo, Russel Parvez and Mashiur Rahman Biplob on charge of posting “derogatory comments about Islam and Prophet Muhammad (pbuh)” on the internet and produced them before the media on April 2.
Human rights activist Sultana Kamal, four Dhaka University teachers and a Jahangirnagar University teacher filed the writ petition saying that exposing the three detained in front of the media and stating that they are responsible for the offence is illegal and a violation of their constitutional rights to fair trial.
The petitioners also prayed to the HC to direct the government to give compensations to the arrestees and ensure their security in custody and after their release.
In December last year, the HC had directed the director general of Rapid Action Battalion and commissioner of Dhaka Metropolitan Police not to present any accused who is under investigation or under trial before the media, they mentioned.