KALADAN NEWS
Dated:
A Dead Body of a Rohingya Kept Unburied over Week in
Cox’s Bazar, April 4: A dead body of Rohingya
prisoner is kept unburied over week in front of Cox’s Bazar
jail,
The dead prisoner is identified as Nurul
Islam, (28), son of Abul Fayaz,
hailed from Maungni Para (village) of
During his stay as undocumented refugee in makeshift camp,
he used to work as a daily labor or occasionally Rikshaw
puller for the survival of his family. Unfortunately, he was picked up by some
local goons for his inability to pay money them and handed over to the Teknaf police station, alleging him illegal immigrant, 7
months ago.
Then police of Teknaf sent him to
Cox’s Bazar prison with a case of illegal immigrant
under Bangladesh Penal Code and serving prison without trial until his death.
But his wife, together with 4 children including a new born child are staying
in the Teknaf makeshift camp locally known as “Tal” as undocumented refugee.
Due to severe restriction movement for these unofficial
refugees, Nurul’s wife, Hasina
could not able to approach to the court to proceed his
release, while Hasina, herself is facing various
problems for their survival in their dustbin hut.
In this condition, Nurul Islam lost
his life with a depth feeling for his little children and wife in the prison on
Mach 26, 2005, and the dead body is still kept in front of Jail gate, said some
prisoners, who came out from the jail on bail.
Now, we are in horrible condition, we cannot move from one
place to another. We are forced to pay money to local goons for movement. We
get no helps from any quarter for our safety survival. We need protection
from/by any mean, said Dil Mohammed, a leader of
makeshift camp.
Jail authority had carried out autopsy of dead body, as per
the rule of prison death but it is being kept unburied and did not hand over to
relatives, and is being kept in a coffin box at the gate of Cox’s Bazar central Jail.
“We know that Nurul Islam is in
good health in the morning of
“We report to the Ministry of Home Affairs and other
concerned authorities to get permission either to burry or to hand over his
relatives. We are also facing problems for this dead body, as it is a Rohingya, a foreigner. We also report to UNHCR, Deputy
Commissioner (DC) and concerned authorities in Cox’s Bazar
but no response, we get yet. So, we are waiting to get permission from the
concerned ministry to solve the problem”, he further said.
According to Hasina, wife of the
dead prisoner, “We are stateless; we are neither the citizen of
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