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Court showcause notice on Rab, police

Our Correspondent, Barisal
The Court of Chief Metropolitan Magistrate's (CMM) in Barisal yesterday issued show cause notice to two officials of Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) and police about delay in presenting arrested Babuganj upazila BNP Secretary Shamsul Alam Fakir before the court and physical torture on him and his family members. Sheikh Ahmed Ali, assistant deputy director of Rab-8, and SI Anwar, complainant of the case, will have to show cause appearing in person before the court on November 16 about delay in presenting Shamsul before the court (at 3:00pm on November 7) after his arrest at 11:35pm on November 5. The CMM, Mainuddin Islam fixed November 16 for hearing the prayer for remand against Shamsul and also for the bail prayer submitted on behalf of Shamsul. The court also ordered to present the 'recovered' firearm and explain the cause of alleged physical torture on Shamsu Fakir and family members including his wife and children during his arrest and further torture on Shamsul under custody. The CMM also asked the complainant and IO of the case to explain why previous 10 cases against Shamsul Islam Fakir were mentioned in the present case despite the fact that police failed to frame any charge for starting trial in those cases.