HC keeps 5 cops standing
The High Court yesterday kept five officials of Dhaka Metropolitan Police standing before it for around four and half hours on charge of torturing Rakib Hossain, a grandson of the country's first premier Tajuddin Ahmed.
The police officials are Deputy Commissioner of Gulshan zone Chowdhury Lutful Kabir, Assistant Commissioner Ashraful Azim Miah, Officer-in-Charge of Gulshan Police Station Shah Alam and sub-inspectors Soumen Barua and Mostafiz.
They appeared before the bench of Justice AHM Shamsuddin Choudhury Manik and Justice Jahangir Hossain Selim in the morning as per its earlier order.
The police officials will again have to appear before the same bench on Monday in this connection, Deputy Attorney General ABM Altaf Hossain told The Daily Star.
As the court was busy with other urgent issues, it could not hear the statements of the police officials yesterday, he said adding that the court will pass further order after hearing their explanations on that day.
The bench on February 12 summoned the five police officials to appear before it yesterday to explain their alleged involvement in the torture on Rakib Hossain.
It also issued a rule asking the government to explain why it should not be directed to take appropriate legal action against the police officials responsible for the torture.
The HC order came when Supreme Court lawyer SM Rezaul Karim brought to its attention press reports on the incident.
According to the reports, Soumen and Mostafiz tortured Rakib when he along with a friend, Himel, parked his car in front of a roadside restaurant on Gulshan Avenue around 6:00pm on February 10.
The two police personnel reached the spot and addressed them as “Tui”. As Rakib strongly protested this, they beat him up severely.
For all latest news, follow The Daily Star's Google News channel.
Comments