<i>Two faces of a cop</i>
The photo, left, focuses police inspector Abu Hazzaz who was injured by banned Hizb ut-Tahrir men during its showdown in the city on August 13. Another photo, right, shows the same police inspector assaulting a picket by kicking him on his chest and throat during hartal hours, called by BNP and its allies, at Motijheel in the city on September 22. The Daily Star has got the identification from police.File Photo
A police inspector came up in discussions twice as two photographs--one focusing his "brutal torture" on a picket--which were published in newspapers within only 40 days, Deputy police commissioner of Detective Branch (South division) Monirul Islam confirmed The Daily Star on Sunday. The inspector is Abu Hazzaz of Motijheel division of Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP). The photograph published in the dailies on September 23 showed that patrol inspector Hazzaz was torturing the young picket on the street inhumanly putting his boot on the chest and throat of the man at Motijheel in the city during hartal hours on September 22. Another photograph published in the dailies on August 14 showed that the same inspector's head was bloodstained as he suffered injuries by the members of banned Hizb ut-Tahrir on August 13 during its showdown in the city. Monirul Islam, deputy police commissioner of detective branch (South division) told The Daily Star, “The enquiry would dig out whether the policeman violated human rights intentionally by torturing the man or he did that according to the circumstance." The parliamentary standing committee on home ministry on Sunday sought explanation from Inspector General of Police (IGP) for assaulting the picket. The DMP authorities also launched an enquiry to unveil whether there was any mystery behind the attitude of the policeman.
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