There is an uproar over the disappearance of case dockets or CDs of 1,911 cases in the Chittagong PP office. Is it theft or is there a conspiracy behind it?, It is being discussed. Lawyers and related parties cannot accept the matter. Those concerned say, How CDs of so many cases go missing? Is it possible for one person to move CDs of so many cases?? If it disappears, Did it go according to plan??
Meanwhile, what is behind the disappearance of the CD from the court building, The president of Chittagong District Lawyers Association demanded to find it. Nazim Uddin Chowdhury. he said, Case CD is very important. Without it the trial of the case will suffer. PP cannot speak in court without it. We are concerned about the lax security of institutions like courts. If a record or stamp goes missing from an important treasury branch of a court or district administration, a bigger problem will arise. For this, it is necessary to strengthen the necessary security in the courthouse. It should be a strong security zone.
He said, PP has been appointed in court. But there is no provision of necessary rooms to keep records. Not enough people. Only in a small room did the PP office. There are cases full of CDs. Due to lack of space, CDs of about 2,000 cases were kept on the front balcony of the office. Now they cannot be found. There is probably no CCTV on the third floor of the new court building and the fourth floor above it. But there are ground and second floors. District Administration and District Lawyers Association have CCTV in the courthouse. I hope, The investigation officials will check the footage and proceed with the investigation. I heard that the investigation agency has started work. They visited the spot.
The office of Metropolitan PP is on the third floor of the new court building of Chittagong courthouse. CDs of 1,911 cases were kept in plastic bags on the balcony outside the office. Chittagong Metropolitan PP Mofizul Haque Bhuiyan filed a GD at the city’s Kotwali police station on Sunday regarding the disappearance of these CDs. He mentioned in GD, Around 28 to 30 court case dockets were kept in the metropolitan PP office. Due to lack of space in the PP office, on April 24, 2023, the case dockets of a total of 1,911 cases were wrapped in polythene and kept in a pile in the front porch of the PP office.
Last December 12 last year, there was a vacation court of the Metropolitan Court. Since then, the Metropolitan Court and PP office have been closed between December 13 and December 31 last year. The case dockets were not found even after searching around.
Court officials said, A case consists of many documents. Some of these documents are investigation officers or police stations, The PP and the court reside in these three places. Some papers again, Especially the documents related to the investigation remain with the investigation officer or police station and PP. Not near the court. Case dockets of lost cases are therefore important.
Metropolitan PP Mofizul Haque Bhuiyan told Azadi yesterday about this, The case docket of 1 thousand 911 cases of PP office is not available. I made a GD stating lost. Now the Thana police will investigate it and take necessary measures. He said, An inquiry committee will be formed from the court. There will be kept police and related people. When asked about when the investigation committee is being held, he said, I can’t say that.
Officer-in-Charge of Kotwali Police Station (OC) Abdul Karim told Azadi, Our work has begun. We are investigating the GDT done by PP. today (yesterday) Our team visited the spot. Various signs are being taken. CCTV footage from the building at the scene will be collected and reviewed. Whether the missing case docket is in the courtroom or out of the courtroom will come out on investigation. The matter is being taken seriously.
Source: dainikazadi.net
