Attempted Murder
41 policemen sued
Judicial probe ordered
A Dhaka court yesterday ordered a judicial inquiry into an attempted murder case hours after it was filed against 41 policemen, including the former deputy commissioner (DC) of Dhaka Metropolitan Police Khurshid Alam.
Metropolitan Magistrate Joynab Begum passed the order after a pro-BNP lawyer Hossain Ali Khan Hassan filed the case with the Chief Metropolitan Magistrate Court of Dhaka yesterday morning.
Hossain accused the policemen of attempting to kill him on the court premises on May 16 and mentioned the names of six police officials including the former DC of DMP (Lalbagh Division).
The five others are Additional Deputy Commissioner of Lalbagh, Maruf Hossain, former assistant commissioner Rajib-al-Masud, former officer-in-charge (OC) of Kotwali Police Station Salauddin Khan, the station's current OC Mahabubul Alam and its sub-inspector (SI) Mohammad Azad.
The complainant said in his statement that he was one of the counsels for the 33 BNP leaders and activists, accused of torching a vehicle near the Prime Minister's Office during hartal hours on April 29.
After the hearing on their bail petitions, Metropolitan Magistrate Mohammad Erfanullah ordered sending the BNP leaders and activists to jail, Hossain said.
However, while Hossain was standing on the court premises SI Azad, on receiving orders from the police officials, started hitting him with a baton “with an intention to kill him”, Hassan claimed.
Seriously injured, the lawyer was rushed to Dhaka Medical College Hospital for treatment.
After May 16, the government transferred Khurshid while Rajib and Salauddin were withdrawn from their posts and attached to Rajarbagh Police Lines on June 2 following the abuse of a young woman in front of Dhaka magistrate's court last week.
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