3 constables of Bandarbazar Police outpost testify
Three policemen of Bandarbazar Police outpost testified before a magistrate in connection with the death of Raihan Ahmed ‘in police custody’, on Monday.
Police constables Delwar, Saidur and Shamim testified prior to the Sylhet Additional Chief Metropolitan Magistrate Zihadur Rahman under section 164 of the Code of Criminal Procedure.
All are working at Bandarbazar Police Outpost plus they each are witnesses of the incident, said Mahidul Islam, inspector of PBI and also the investigation officer of the case.
Raihan, 34, a resident of Akharia in Sylhet city, was beaten to death in police custody at the Bandar Bazar police outpost on October 11, his family said.
His body was exhumed for a second post-mortem examination and buried again on October 15.
The district administration allowed the exhumation following an appeal by Kotwali police Sub-Inspector (SI) Abdul Baten, the previous investigation officer of the case until PBI took over.
PBI happens to be investigating the case at the instructions of the authority's headquarters. The Sylhet Metropolitan Police has handed over the documents of the case to PBI.
The authorities on October 12 suspended four policemen, like the in-charge of Bandarbazar Police outpost Sub-Inspector Akbar Hossain, who has gone into hiding.
PBI said it really is looking for suspended SI Akbar and has alerted the immigration police to avoid him from leaving the united states.
Raihan’s wife Tahmina Akter Tanni filed a case at Kotwali Police Station on October 12 accusing several unidentified people.
