The High Court (HC) has ordered authorities to issue a red alert in order to beef up security along the border to prevent the killers of Barguna’s Rifat Sharif from fleeing the country.
The bench of justices FRM Nazmul Ahsan and KM Kamrul Kader on Thursday (Jun 27) directed Deputy Attorney General Abdullah Al Mahmud Bashar to ask the Bangladesh Police chief to issue the alert.
Rifat was hacked by three people in front of his wife outside Barguna Government College on Wednesday (Jun 26) morning.
He was rushed to Barguna General Hospital, and later transferred to Sher-E-Bangla Medical College Hospital in Barisal, where he succumbed to his injuries.
The deputy attorney general informed the High Court that the deputy commissioner, officer-in-charge, and superintendent of police in Barguna have been contacted.
He said that a case has been filed by Rifat’s father and a suspect is already in police custody.
The court also remarked that the murder in broad daylight cast aspersions on the role of police.
It also asked to provide Rifat’s widow – who tried to fight off the murderers in vain – with more security.
The court scheduled next Thursday, July 4, to hear developments in the case.