An act of humanity

Jamal Ibne Musa, who made all the arrangements for reuniting Indian boy Sonu with his family in New Delhi and was dubbed "Bajrangi Bhaijaan" after a Bollywood blockbuster of the same name by Bangladeshi and Indian media for his noble efforts to save him, was acquitted of two cases filed by the boy's "captors".
Sonu was abducted and brought to Bangladesh in 2010 by a trafficking gang comprising around six persons including Hasi Begum and her sister Aklima Begum of Geramardan village in Betagi upazila of Barguna.
After examining all the records and witnesses, Executive Magistrate Sajedul Islam of Barguna District Court acquitted Jamal of the cases on August 2, describing what he did for the boy as "an act of humanity"
But he and his family members are still facing four cases filed by the captors, claimed Sushanto Kumer, a lawyer for Jamal, adding that Hasi filed the cases with the court on May 4, 2010, accusing Jamal of giving threats on their lives.
He was among 14 acquitted of the same charges on that day.
The court also said through this, he set an extra-ordinary example, which is why it released all the accused in the case as the allegations brought by Hasi were irrational.
"All of my family members including my only son Ferdous had to be in prison. We are still facing four cases," Jamal said.
Feeling happy for what he could do for Sonu's return to his family, Jamal said, "Now I badly need to get freed from the rest of the false cases."
"But it pains me a lot when I think of the cases, he lamented, demanding a neutral investigation into them.
Though those who are involved in such activities are freely moving around, law enforcers still seem to be oblivious, allege locals.
Asked, Bijoy Basak, superintendent of police of Barguna, said, the remaining cases were now under investigation.
Earlier on June 28, a Barguna court handed over Sonu to the Indian high commission, which sent him back to his family in New Delhi on June 30.