On May 19, prime minister's defence advisor Tarique Ahmed Siddique said Limon and father had close ties with gangster Morshed Jamaddar. Two days later, home minister Shahara Khatun said the adviser's remarks about Limon was indeed the Government's statement. Bozlul Haq Harun, a Government MP, elected from Jhalakati-1 helped Limon and his family (Prothom-Alo 25/05/2011). If this is the consequence than Government has a close relation with Terrorism Groups.
The home ministry's inquiry committee looking into the RAB shooting of college student Limon Hossain of Jhalakati has taken statements of Limon and his father. The one-man committee of additional divisional commissioner of Barisal Mohammad Shawkat Akbar on Tuesday spoke to Limon and his father Tofazzal Hossain at the National Institute of Traumatology, Orthopaedics and Rehabilitation (Pangu hospital) in Dhaka from 11:30am to 1:30pm. The father and son signed their statements, he said. Physician Gazi Mohammad Enamul Haque was present during the recording of the statements.
A RAB team shot Limon, who used to work in a brick kiln, in the leg after reportedly taking him to a place adjacent to his house at Jamaddarhat in Rajapur upazila of Jhalakati on Mar 23. The paramilitary force denies the charges. The incident took place less than a fortnight before his Higher Secondary Certificate examinations were set to begin.
RAB filed two cases against the teenager — one under the arms act and the other for making attempts to murder and injure RAB personnel. Limon's mother Henuara Begum on Apr 10 filed an attempt-to-murder case against six RAB men. "I WENT TO BRING HOME MY COW" After giving his statement, Limon told reporters that a RAB member had shot him in the left leg when he had gone near the Old Jamaddarhat Bridge to bring home his cow. "The RAB member wore a name tag that read 'Lutfar'," he said.
