N'ganj Cop's Death
Autopsy finds burn led to dehydration
An autopsy report revealed the cause of death of a Narayanganj policeman, who suffered 90 percent burns on December 13, to be from dehydration and infections resulting from the injuries while there was alcohol in his stomach.
Police earlier said Sub-inspector Md Shahjahan Miah of Bandar Police Station had suffered the injuries in an “explosion†before his quarters inside Bandar Police Station.
He died in Dhaka Medical College Hospital on December 17 and an unnatural death case was filed. Yesterday, the case was shifted to the Detective Branch of Police.
The autopsy report was received yesterday, said the case's investigation officer, Sub-Inspector Rakubbuzzaman, adding that it would be placed before a judicial magistrate's court.
Judicial Magistrate Court Judge Chandni Rupam had asked for the report after Shahjahan's wife Laila Saju sought permission on December 23 to file a murder case with it accusing four people.
The four are the police station's Officer-in-Charge Nur Mohammad, second officer Sub-inspector Binoy Krishna Roy and two unidentified men.
Shahjahan's brother Farid Ahmed had claimed that the OC, over a previous feud, was behind an attack in which the two unidentified men threw an object at Shahjahan, causing him to suffer the burns.
Farid yesterday rejected the autopsy report, stating that it was false, fabricated and made under the influence of the accused.
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