Regarding the killing of Taslima Begum Renu, a single mother of two kids, in mob beating at Dhaka's Badda in 2019, the High Court today (September 18, 2022) observed that giving license to kill any human beings through medieval barbarism in the name of mob-beating will result in panic and insecurity among every one in society.
“If exemplary punishment for the real offenders is not ensured, it will not be possible to prevent the repetition of such incidents,” the HC bench of Justice Md Rezaul Hasan and Justice Md Atabullah said yesterday.
Death of Renu in mob beating: case transferred to Dhaka Metropolitan Sessions Judge s Court
Taslima Begum Renu. Photo: Collected Star Online Report Star Online Report
The Dhaka Chief Metropolitan Magistrate s Court today ordered to transfer the Taslima Begum Renu murder case to the Dhaka Metropolitan Sessions Judge s Court for trial.
On July 20 of 2019, 40-year old Renu, a single mother of four-and-a-half-year-old Tuba and Taseen al Mahir, a fifth-grader, had gone to Badda Uttar-Purba Primary School to inquire about admission in hopes of getting Tuba enrolled.
But a mob beat her brutally to death in front of the school gate, suspecting her to be a child kidnapper.