High Court
5 cops kept standing
The High Court yesterday once again kept five officers of Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) standing before it for about four and a half hours for their "involvement" in torturing Rakib Hossain, a grandson of the country's first prime minister Tajuddin Ahmed.
On February 16, they were kept standing in the courtroom for the same reason.
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.
Yesterday, they appeared before the bench of Justice AHM Shamsuddin Choudhury Manik and Justice Jahangir Hossain Selim as per its February 16 order.
Deputy Attorney General ABM Altaf Hossain told The Daily Star that the court had exonerated Chowdhury Lutful Kabir from personal appearance as it did not find his involvement in the torture, but directed the four others to appear before it tomorrow.
On February 10, SI Soumen and Mostafiz tortured Rakib when he along with a friend parked his car before a roadside restaurant in Gulshan, say news reports.
Meanwhile, during a hearing on a suo moto rule yesterday, Dr Kamal Hossain as amicus curiae (friend of the court) told the court that Rakib Hossain was deprived of the protection of law, as he was tortured in police custody without any case.
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