Brutal Torture on Ex-Army man

<i>Court's order to attach fugitive cop's property</i>

15 November 2009, 17:00 PM

Our Correspondent, Magura

Victim of police brutality, retired army man Tayebur Rahman undergoing treatment at Magura Sadar Hospital on September 11, inset, accused ASI Lutfur Rahman. FILE PHOTO: STAR

A Magura court yesterday ordered attachment of the property of assistant sub-inspector (ASI) Lutfur Rahman, sued for brutal torture on a retired army man at Babukhali village in Mohammadpur upazila of the district. Senior Judicial Magistrate Abu Bakar passed the order as ASI Lutfar, also former in-charge of Babukhali police camp, did not surrender to the court even after 62 days of the issuance of arrest warrant against him. The court had issued warrant of arrest against the ASI and his accomplice constable Murad following a case filed by the victim's wife Mosammat Halima Khatun on September 14. ASI Lutfur arrived at their house adjacent to the police camp uncalled for at around 8:30am on September 10 and interfered in a quarrel between her and her husband Tayebur Rahman, a retired army man, the plaintiff said in the petition. As her husband protested Lutfur's interference, the ASI returned to the camp threatening him of dire consequences. After a while, Lutfur along with constable Mohammad Murad Hossain went to Tayebur's house again, forcibly took him to the camp and beat him mercilessly, Halima said in the case statement. They even uprooted nails of his two toes with forceps, leaving him critically injured, she added. Following agitation of people of Babukhali village, Magura Assistant Superintendent of Police Mihir Kumar Das rushed to Babukhali police camp, assured people of proper action against the responsible police officer and sent the victim to Magura Sadar Hospital. The victim was later shifted to the Combined Military Hospital in Jessore for better treatment. ASI Lutfur was suspended and closed to Magura Police Lines on the day of occurrence.