11 bad cops to face music
Probe found them involved in snatching money from club
A police probe has found 11 detectives involved in snatching money and valuables from a Kafrul club in the capital on April 18 and recommended punitive actions against them.
The three-member probe body, headed by an additional commissioner of Dhaka Metropolitan Police, submitted the report to DMP Commissioner Asaduzzaman Mia on Wednesday night.
"The probe body recommended departmental action against some of the policemen and removal of the others from the Detective Branch of police and Dhaka Metropolitan Police after it found them guilty,” said a member of the probe body yesterday, wishing anonymity.
He said the panel made the recommendation as the guilty policemen “tainted the image of the force”.
The official said departmental action was recommended against those officials who had ordered the DB team to raid the Kafrul club.
Military police stopped a microbus at a checkpoint at Kachukhet in Dhaka Cantonment area on April 18 and detained the 11 members of DB (east) when they were trying to take away four men from New Wave Club in Kafrul.
Later, the DB members were handed over to police.
The 11 are Senior Assistant Commissioner Ruhul Amin, Inspector Mohammad Gias Uddin, Sub-inspector Zahidul Islam, Assistant Sub-inspector Lutfar Rahman, ASI Mahbubur Rahman, ASI Tofazzal Hossain, constables Abdul Latif, Azizul Haque, Jahangir Alam Khan, Tawhidul Islam and Zillur Rahman.
A day after the incident, the DMP suspended eight of them.
Around a month earlier, the same DB members had allegedly snatched money and valuables from some people at the same club.
Several locals said the club on the third floor of a six-storey building is known for gambling, the allegation the club authorities deny.