Five cops sued for 'abducting' girl, 'assaulting' woman

Our Gaibandha correspondent reported that a cop has been sued under the Women and Children Repression Prevention Act for allegedly abducting a schoolgirl from Harinabari village under Palashbari upazila.

The victim's father Abdul Matin Prodhan of village Kumargari filed a case against Musa Mia, a constable at Harinabari Police Investigation Centre, for abducting his daughter Rukshana Akhteri, a student of a class nine at Harinabari High School. The case was filed with a court in Gaibandha on June 14.

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In the case, the victim's father alleged that Musa Mia, while on duty, often disturbed her daughter on her way to school.

He alleged that Musa Mia kidnapped Rukshana on June 1.

When contacted, the officer-in-charge (OC) of Palashbari Thana said he did not know anything about the matter. He said Musa joined duty on June 16 after a long leave.

Our Correspondent reported from Chuadanga that a woman filed a criminal case against a sub-inspector and three constables of Karpashdanga police outpost in Damurhuda upazila for allegedly assaulting her.

Sub-inspector Kobad Ali and three policemen went to the house of one Rabeya Khatun, wife of late Noimuddin, on May 27 in search of her son in connection with a case against him.

Not finding her son, the policemen allegedly assaulted her. Rabeya brought the matter to the notice of the human rights monitoring cell at Chuadanga district bar association, which arranged her treatment and advised her to lodge a complaint to the Chuadanga superintendent of police.

As the policemen allegedly pressed her to withdraw the complaint, she lodged a criminal case with a court in Chuadanga.