OC, SI sued for destroying evidence, filing false case

Two policemen, including an officer-in-charge, were sued yesterday for destroying evidence of a rape of a 12-year-old girl in Rangunia of Chittagong and for forcing the victim's mother to sign a false FIR accusing the victim's brother of the crime.

The victim's mother filed the case with the Chittagong Women and Children Repression Prevention Tribunal-2 accusing OC Humayun Kabir of Rangunia Police Station and Sub Inspector Majibur Rahman, said the plaintiff's lawyer Advocate Ershadur Rahman Ritu. The court accepted the case and will give an order today, added Ritu.

The victim worked as a domestic help in the residence of Shah Alam, 55, an influential resident of Shilok Minagazir Tila village of the upazila, and reportedly became pregnant.

On May 8, police detained Shah Alam following a complaint filed by the victim's mother. However, they later released him and instead detained the victim, her mother and brother.

After the incident was published in a daily, a Supreme Court lawyer filed a petition with the High Court seeking its order summoning Rangunia police for filing a fabricated case.

The HC on Monday directed Rangunia police to immediately arrest Shah Alam.

Meanwhile, the victim's brother is now at a juvenile correction centre in Gazipur.

A petition seeking the brother's bail was rejected by another Chittagong court, said Ritu.