Dhaka: The High Court on Monday ordered the government to remove the handcuffs from three injured Santal men of Gaibandha who have been detained in a case filed for attacking police during a clash on 6 November.

A HC bench of Justice Obaildul Hasan and Justice Krishna Debnath passed the order after hearing on a writ petition filed by Supreme Court lawyer Barrister Jyotirmoy Barua.

The court also ordered Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) Commissioner, Deputy Inspector General (DIG) of Rangpur Range and superintendent of Gaibandha police to submit reports in this regard by 16 November.

The three Santal men are, Choron Soren, Bimal Kisku, both undergoing treatment at Rangpur Medical College Hospital, and Dijen Tudu, undergoing treatment at National Institute of Eye Science & Hospital in the capital.

The SC lawyer Barrister Jyotirmoy Barua filed the petition following a report published by The Daily Star on 13 November  with the headline, ‘Santal man being treated with hand cuffed, tied’.

Earlier following a clash on November 6 that ensued when the Santal community protested the grabbing of their lands by some sugar mill workers with the help of police, three indigenous men were killed and 30 people injured.