Abduction and extortion: 6 CMP constables put on 2-day remand

A Chattogram court today granted two-day remand for six members of Chattogram Metropolitan Police (CMP) arrested in a case for abducting a man from Anowara and extorting money and threatening to kill him.

Senior Judicial Magistrate Shahidulah Kaisar passed the remand order. They accused are CMP Commissioner's bodyguard Constable Morshed Billah, CMP deputy commissioner's bodyguard Constable Md Masud, Constable Shakil khan, Constable Eskandar Hossain, Constable Monirul Islam and Constable Abdul Nabi.

District police Inspector (prosecution) Md Humayun Kabir said the investigative officer of the case sought seven-day remand to interrogate them.

On Feb 2, the accused were arrested from the CMP headquarter and later sent to jail.

The following day, eight men on motorcycles, wearing DB police jackets abducted one Abdul Mannan from Purba Bairag village.

They claimed that Mannan is accused in many cases and demanded Tk 10 lakh. They freed him after receiving Tk 180,000.

Mannan filed a case against the policemen later in this connection with Anowara Police Station.