Threat to Kill Journo
Suspended cops apologise to HC
The government has suspended three police officers of Goalando police camp in Rajbari on charge of assaulting a journalist and threatening to kill him in crossfire, ABM Altaf Hossain, a deputy attorney general, told the High Court yesterday.
Hossain placed the information during hearing a writ petition filed over the incident of assaulting the journalist.
The suspended cops -- sub inspectors Firoz and Nazrul and assistant sub inspector Kabir -- yesterday appeared before an HC bench as per its earlier order and also offered unconditional apology for it.
In response to a writ petition, the HC bench of Justice AHM Shamsuddin Chowdhury Manik and Justice Sheikh Md Zakir Hossain yesterday directed them to appear before it further on January 30, and submit their statement in black and white that day.
Following a writ petition filed by Human Rights and Peace for Bangladesh (HRPB), the HC on January 17 directed them to appear before the court on January 26 (yesterday).
The petition sought necessary directives from the HC against the police following the newspaper report stating that the three police officers have reportedly assaulted journalist Abdullah Raihan of the daily Janakantho and threatened him at Goalando on January 16.
Advocate Manzill Murshid appeared for the petitioner while Advocate Yusuf Hossain Humayun stood for the cops.
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