Man ‘takes own life’, three held
A man died allegedly by suicide yesterday morning after being accused of stealing an auto-rickshaw in Savar.
Nirmal Pramanik, 42, a construction worker, was found hanging from the ceiling of a room in his house in Tenguri area, said Ram Krishna, sub-inspector of Ashulia Police Station.
Police arrested three persons on charges of instigating the incident, he said.
According to Nirmal’s family members, Belayet -- a garage owner, Alamgir, Elias and some locals implicated Nirmal of stealing the vehicle, and on Saturday night arranged an arbitration at the garage over the issue.
At the arbitration, they beat up Nirmal and demanded Tk 50,000 from him. Later, they took Nirmal to his residence, confined him to a room and sent his wife to get the money from relatives.
“We could not manage the entire amount overnight,” said Bikash Pramanik, Nirmal’s brother. “In the morning, when we opened the door of the room, we found Nirmal hanging.”
“During the arbitration, my brother kept on saying he did not steal the vehicle… he was crying… but Belayet and his accomplices went on beating and insulting him,” he said, demanding justice .
The incident also created concerns in the area.
Karim Chistry, a local union parishad member, said, “We told Belayet we would settle the matter in the morning, but they did not listen. They tortured Nirmal and demanded money from him, unbeknownst to us.”
SI Krishna said on information, police recovered and sent the body to Shaheed Suhrawardy Medical College Hospital for autopsy. “We arrested Alamgir, his wife and Elias over the incident,” he said, adding that they are looking for Belayet, who is on the run.
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