Attack On Navy Official: Won’t spare wrongdoers
Home Minister Asaduzzaman Khan yesterday said those who are involved in crime will be brought to book irrespective of their identities.
"If anyone commits a crime, he/she will be brought under the law, no matter who the person is," Asaduzzaman told reporters at his Dhanmondi residence when they sought comment about the attack on a navy official, reports UNB.
The home minister said police officials concerned were given order to investigate into the incident quickly and neutrally.
"It is unexpected... a person cannot be attacked or given threat," he said. "A crime is always a crime . . . a naval officer was attacked and we are dealing with the matter...," said the minister while responding to a question, reports BSS.
A case has been filed against Irfan Selim, son of MP Haji Selim, for "attacking" Lieutenant Wasif Ahmed Khan of Bangladesh Navy at Dhanmondi in the capital on Sunday night.
Lt Wasif filed the case with Dhanmondi Police Station against four named accused, including Irfan Selim, also councillor of ward-30 of Dhaka South City Corporation (DSCC), and several unnamed accused.
The three other accused are AB Siddique Dipu (45), Md Zahid, (35), and driver Md Mizanur Rahman, (30).
According to the case statement, a private car hit Lt Wasif's motorcycle near Labaid Hospital around 7:45pm when he and his wife were returning to their Mohammadpur residence from Nilkhet.
Later, some people came out of the car and assaulted the navy official. They also verbally abused his wife, the navy official alleged.
Meanwhile, the incident went viral on social media.
Md Ikram Ali Mia, officer-in-charge of the police station, said the driver of the car, Mizanur, was detained from the spot and shown arrested in the case.
Later, members of Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) conducted a drive at the Old Dhaka residence of Haji Selim and detained his son Irfan and Irfan's bodyguard Zahid yesterday afternoon.
Meanwhile, a Dhaka court placed Mizanur Rahman on one-day remand in the case.
Dhaka Metropolitan Magistrate Abu Sufiyan Mohammad Noman passed the order when Dhanmondi Police Station's Inspector Ashfaq Rajib, also the case's investigation officer, produced him before the court in the afternoon, seeking a five-day remand.
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