
OC busy with Secretary’s protocol in Chunarughat, beat a person to death,
Locals demand quick burial, investigation
An allegation has been made that a mentally unstable person was beaten to death in Habiganj’s Chunarughat. The name of the deceased is Mangal Rikiyashan (35). He was a resident of Sribari tea garden area.
According to local sources, the deceased Mangal was mentally unstable and his sister left Hinduism and embraced Islam.
The incident happenedSribari tea garden area of Chunarughat upazila.
Eyewitnesses said that a group of people beat up Mangal two days ago. He died two days later. The matter was announced this morning.
Later the locals informed but the OC of Chunarughat police station did not go to the spot as he was busy with the secretary’s protocol.
Residents expressed their anger and said, “If the OC had taken quick action, maybe the body would not have been cremated like this.”
It is also known that it was 10 minutes before the body was brought5-6 people dug a small hole and buried them in a hurry. Expressing their anger, the locals demanded that the body of the deceased be recovered from the grave and post-mortem conducted.
Meanwhile, humanitarian organizations and local conscious groups have demanded that the body of the deceased Mangal Rekiyas should be taken out from the grave and post-mortem should be carried out, the culprits should be identified and brought under the law quickly.
Chunarughat Police Station OC’s statement was not available in this regard