Arrest warrants issued against 2 cops for extortion
A Dhaka court has issued arrest warrants against two policemen of Darussalam Police Station in the capital in connection with a case filed against them for extorting Tk 20, 000 from a book trader in July last year.
The accused are Sub-Inspector Prodip Chandra Saha and Assistant SI Mohammad Anis.
Metropolitan Magistrate Amit Kumar Dey on February 19 passed the order directing Dhaka Metropolitan Police commissioner to submit report on execution of the arrest warrants by March 14.
In August last year, Mohammad Ibrahim, a book trader of Hazrat Shah Ali School and College Market at Mirpur in the capital, filed the case against the two for confinement and extortion.
In his complaint, Ibrahim said in July last year the policemen picked him up at gunpoint, took him to Dwipnagar Embankment and ordered him to hand over his pistol. Ibrahim told them that he had no firearms.
Ibrahim was then tortured and taken to Darussalam Police Station. The policemen demanded Tk 1 lakh from Ibrahim's wife for her husband's release and threatened that if she failed to pay, Ibrahim would be implicated in murder and robbery cases.
However, as she only paid Tk 20,000, police forwarded Ibrahim to a Dhaka court in connection with a pending theft case, the statement added.
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