DHAKA, Aug 4, 2025 (BSS) - A court here today ordered for exhumation of the 
remains of 114 martyrs of the July-August mass uprising from the Rayerbazar 
Intellectuals' Graveyard for collecting DNA samples and preparing postmortem 
reports for their identification.
 
Dhaka Chief Metropolitan Magistrate Mohammad Mostafizur Rahman passed the 
order as the Mohammadpur Police Station sub-inspector Md Mahidul Islam filed 
a plea in this connection. The court also ordered the Dhaka district 
magistrate to appoint an executive magistrate for this under section 176 (2) 
of the CrPC.
 
Police in their plea said many men and women embraced martyrdom at different 
times and dates across the capital during the July-August mass uprising, of 
which 114 were buried in Rayerbazar Intellectuals' Graveyard as unidentified.
 
"It is necessary to exhume the bodies of the martyrs through a proper legal 
process to identify them and take legal steps in the future. Postmortem 
reports of these bodies should be prepared, and the identity should be 
confirmed through DNA collection of the bodies. In addition, after the legal 
process, after confirming the identity through DNA profiling, necessary 
measures should be taken to hand over the bodies to their families as per the 
demand of the families," the police plea added.