Relatives eagerly waiting while the bodies of 114 unknown martyrs of the July Uprising were being exhumed at Rayerbazar Graveyard in the capital on Sunday to confirm their identities following a court directive. — FE Photo The exhumation of 114 unidentified martyrs of the July Uprising began at Rayerbazar Graveyard in the capital on Sunday morning, as authorities move forward with post-mortem examinations and DNA testing to confirm their identities, reports BSS.
The exhumed bodies will be reburied with full honors once the forensic procedures have been completed.
Criminal Investigation Department (CID) Chief Additional Inspector General Md. Sibgat Ullah briefed the media at the graveyard near the Rayerbazar Memorial ahead of the operation.
International forensic expert Louis Fondebrider and a team of forensic anthropologists were also present to oversee the process.
The CID chief said the identities of those lying nameless in this graveyard had not been verified.
He also said forensic expert Luis Fondebrider arrived in Dhaka through the United Nations Human Rights Office and is leading the process.
The families of the unidentified martyrs have submitted applications, and all the work is being conducted under the orders of the learned court. Bodies are being exhumed from the graveyard for forensic examination in accordance with international standards.
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