Jamaat-e-Islami Ameer and opposition leader in parliament Shafiqur Rahman has said that crime in the country is increasing due to delays in justice delivery and instances of failure of justice.
He made the remarks on Monday afternoon after visiting the father of murdered child Ramisa at the National Institute of Cardiovascular Diseases, where he is currently undergoing treatment.
Shafiqur Rahman returned to the country after performing Hajj and went directly from the airport to the hospital to meet the grieving family.
He expressed hope that the government would fully implement its commitment to ensuring justice in the Ramisa murder case. He also said that swift justice is possible if the authorities act with sincerity.
Meanwhile, in a separate development, a Dhaka court has framed charges against prime accused Sohel Rana and his wife Swapna Akter in connection with the rape and murder of eight-year-old Ramisa, formally beginning the trial process.
On 24 May, Judge Masrur Salekin of the Dhaka Metropolitan Child Repression Prevention Tribunal accepted the chargesheet and fixed Monday for the charge-framing hearing.
Earlier, investigating officer Sub-Inspector Ohiduzzaman of Pallabi Police Station submitted the chargesheet against the accused to the Chief Metropolitan Magistrate’s Court in Dhaka.
Metropolitan Magistrate Ashraful Haque later accepted the charge sheet and transferred the case to the tribunal for trial.
According to the investigation report, the incident occurred on 19 May in Pallabi, where the child was allegedly raped and murdered.
The victim’s father, Abdul Hannan Molla, filed the case with Pallabi Police Station.
On 20 May, the prime accused Sohel Rana reportedly gave a confessional statement before the court, admitting involvement and stating that he had consumed yaba prior to the incident.
