Take legal action against 1st autopsy examiners

‘I believe that the doctors who conducted the first autopsy committed some sort of irregularities. I demand that the CID take legal actions against them’

Yaar Hossain, father of Sohagi Jahan Tonu, has demanded legal action against the medical examiners who conducted the first autopsy of his daughter, claiming that they tried to hide evidence related to her murder. 

Yaar said: “The doctors who conducted Tonu’s first post-mortem examination claimed that they had found no evidence that she had been raped before being murdered.

“But when the CID ran a DNA test, they found evidence that she had been raped by three men before she was killed.”

Two months have passed since Tonu’s body was found in Comilla cantonment area. Asked if he was satisfied with the progress of the investigation, Yaar said: “We are now. There was no significant development for a while, but now that the CID has revealed the results of the DNA test, we are hopeful that we will get justice.

“I believe that the doctors who conducted the first autopsy committed some sort of irregularities. I demand that the CID take legal actions against them.” 

Dr Kamda Prasad Saha, head of the forensics department at Comilla Medical College, refused to comment on the DNA test results. However, he said the full report of the second autopsy would be submitted soon. 

The reporter also tried to reach Dr Nazmul Karim Khan, special superintendent of police in Comilla, and Gazi Md Ibrahim, the investigation officer of Tonu’s case, for a comment in this regard. None of them were available. 

Tonu, student at Comilla Victoria College and a cultural activist, was found dead in Comilla cantonment on the evening of March 20. Her first post-mortem examination was conducted the next day. Later, her body was exhumed for the second post-mortem examination which was conducted on March 30. 

Police have yet to identify Tonu’s murderers. 

Source: dhakatribune