Limon Hossain, the college student who was shot and maimed by RAB eight months ago, appeared before a Jhalakati court on a prosthetic leg in a case that accuses him of obstructing law enforcers.
His counsel Manik Acharya told that Limon appeared before senior judicial magistrate Nusrat Jahan's court on Wednesday morning and the judge set the next hearing on Jan 16.
Limon spoke to at the court premises, "The RAB have filed false cases against me. I want an end to the harassment."
A student of Kathalia PGS Multipurpose Vocational School and College, Limon was fitted with the artificial leg on Aug 30.
A Rapid Action Battalion team on Mar 23 shot the 16-year-old boy in the left leg when he was taking his cows to a grazing field at Chhaturia of Jhalakati. After four days, the leg had to be amputated from the thigh to stop the spread of infection due to excessive bleeding.
After the shooting incident, the RAB team claimed that Limon sustained bullet injuries in a shootout between them and Limon's associates. They also filed two cases against him on Apr 25 -- one for possessing illegal arms, and the other for obstructing them in discharging their duties and opening fire on them.
Following a petition filed by Ain O Salish Kendra, a human-rights organisation, the High Court granted Limon bail for six months on May 6. The court also directed the government to arrange and pay for his treatment at one of the country's best hospitals as per Limon's choice.
His counsel Manik Acharya told that Limon appeared before senior judicial magistrate Nusrat Jahan's court on Wednesday morning and the judge set the next hearing on Jan 16.
Limon spoke to at the court premises, "The RAB have filed false cases against me. I want an end to the harassment."
A student of Kathalia PGS Multipurpose Vocational School and College, Limon was fitted with the artificial leg on Aug 30.
A Rapid Action Battalion team on Mar 23 shot the 16-year-old boy in the left leg when he was taking his cows to a grazing field at Chhaturia of Jhalakati. After four days, the leg had to be amputated from the thigh to stop the spread of infection due to excessive bleeding.
After the shooting incident, the RAB team claimed that Limon sustained bullet injuries in a shootout between them and Limon's associates. They also filed two cases against him on Apr 25 -- one for possessing illegal arms, and the other for obstructing them in discharging their duties and opening fire on them.
Following a petition filed by Ain O Salish Kendra, a human-rights organisation, the High Court granted Limon bail for six months on May 6. The court also directed the government to arrange and pay for his treatment at one of the country's best hospitals as per Limon's choice.
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