Four Savar cops among eight sued over ‘release of arrested kidnappers’
Eight people -- including four officers of Savar Police Station -- were sued yesterday on charges of releasing the kidnappers of publisher and editor of a monthly magazine.
Md Riaz Uddin, also a human rights activist, filed the case with the court of Dhaka's Senior Judicial Magistrate Mst Kamrun Nahar.
The accused are Savar Police Station Officer-in-Charge (OC) AFM Sayeed, Inspector Zakaria Hossain, sub-inspectors Poly and Md Enamul Haque while the alleged kidnappers are Bristy, Shudhangso Ray, Nayan Kumar and Rony.
After hearing, the magistrate took cognisance of the case.
She recorded the complainant's statement and instructed Additional Superintendent of Police (ASP) of Dhaka district to investigate the matter.
The senior judicial magistrate also asked the ASP to submit a report before the court by April 30.
According to the complaint, on February 3, one Bristy and her associates kidnapped Riaz Uddin, editor of Manabadhikar Khobor, and tortured him.
At one stage, they demanded Tk 5 lakh as ransom, and later released Riaz Uddin in Savar after not getting the money.
Following the kidnap, the man filed a complaint with Savar Police Station the same day.
SI Md Enamul Haque arrested Bristy, Nayan, Rony and an unknown woman for their involvement in kidnapping Riaz on that evening, the case statement adds.
Riaz, however, alleged that police tried to coerce him into settling the matter with the four arrestees, and that they released the kidnappers after receiving bribe from them.
Contacted, OC Sayeed said, "The matter is not true."
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