Juvenile Correction Centre killings: Legal notice seeks Tk 50 lakh compensation for each victim’s family

A legal notice has been served on the authorities concerned asking them to give Tk 50 lakh as compensation to each of the families of the three teenage boys who were killed at Jashore Juvenile Correction Centre on August 13.

Lawyer Shanjid Siddique sent the legal notice yesterday on behalf of the guardians of the three teenage boys asking the respondents to give Tk 50 lakh to each of the families.

He also asked the authorities to take steps to stop irregularities and mismanagement in all the three Shishu Unnayan Kendra (Children Development Centres) of the country by August 24.

Secretaries to the ministries of home and social welfare, director general of the directorate of social service, deputy commissioner and superintendent of police of Jashore and assistant director and probation officer of Jashore Juvenile Correction Centre have been made respondents to the legal notice.

Parvez's father Roka Miah, Nayeem's father Md Nannu and Russel's elder brother Saiful Islam Nantu collectively served the legal notice through their lawyer Shanjid Siddique through email.

"A writ petition will be moved before the High Court seeking necessary directives if the respondents don't take any action in response to the legal notice by August 24," lawyer Shanjid added.

Three teenagers -- Parvez Hasan Rabbi (18), Rasel alias Sujon (18), and Naeem Hossain (17) -- were allegedly tortured to death by several staffers and senior inmates on August 13. Fifteen others were also injured.

The injured inmates, who had also been through similar abuse, said that they, including the deceased, were tortured in two phases from noon to evening on August 13 as "punishment" for their involvement in a scuffle with the head guard of the centre on August 3.