7 cops suspended for negligence in duty

Our Kushtia correspondent reported that four policemen including Habilder Fakar Uddin were suspended yesterday. The rest are constables Delwar Hossain, Shamsul Huda and Tanzinur Rahman.

They were on duty at Kushtia General Hospital where alleged outlaw Yeanimn, accused in a murder case, was being treated under police custody.

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Yeanim was caught by people on October 21 at Harinarayanpur Bazar in the Sadar upazila and handed over to police after beating. But he escaped from the hospital.

A BSS report from Thakurgaon said three constables of Ruhea police camp were suspended for negligence in duty during a dacoity in the area under Thakurgaon Sadar upazila.

The suspended constables are Nazrul Islam, Farid and Rahman, police said.

The dacoity was committed on Wednesday last near the police camp.