The High Court today wanted to see the inquest and post mortem reports of Minu Akhter, who had been serving jail sentence instead of a convict, Kulsuma Akhter, in a murder case.

Unfortunately, Minu died in a road crash on June 28 this year, 10 days after she was released from Chattogram Central Jail following an order issued by High Court on June 7.

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Today, the HC also summoned the investigation officers of two cases — one filed over the death of Minu while the other was against Kulsuma Akhter for killing one Kohinur Begum.

Kohinur, an apparel worker, was killed in her home in port city’s Rahmatganj area on July 9, 2006 following an altercation over a mobile phone.

Today, the HC ordered the IOs of the cases — Khorshed Alam and Zubayer Mridha — to appear in person before it on September 1 along with relevant documents and records regarding the cases in order to explain their roles.

The HC bench of Justice Jahangir Hossain Selim and Justice Md Atoar Rahman passed the order during hearing of an appeal filed by Kulsuma and a petition filed by Minu seeking necessary directives.

The HC bench also summoned three lawyers from Chattogram’s Nari O Shishu Nirjaton Daman Tribunal concerned and lawyer assistant (clerk) to appear before the court virtually on September 1 to explain whether there was any fraudulent practices or whether they have any involvement in sending Minu to jail instead of Kulsuma.

The three lawyers are: Public Prosecutor of Chattogram Nari O Shishu Nirjaton Daman Tribunal MA Naser and his junior lawyers Nurul Anwar and Bibekananda. The lawyer assistant is Md Saurav.

During the hearing, Minu’s lawyer Shishir Manir told the HC that he has doubts over the death of his client as the police has refused to give him the inquest and post mortem reports.

Lawyer Momtaz Uddin Ahmed Mehedi appeared for Chattogram lawyers while Deputy Attorney General Sarwar Hossain Bappi represented the state.