Three Sylhet cops asked to explain negligence

Three suspended officers of Sylhet's Jalalabad Police Station have been served show cause notices to explain their negligence in recording a case and arresting the people who allegedly murdered teenager Samiul Alam Rajon early this month.

The police authorities asked Officer-in-Charge (investigation) Alamgir Hossain and Sub-inspectors Aminul Islam and Jakir Hossain to explain their positions in person within seven days, said Rahmat Ullah, additional deputy commissioner (media) of Sylhet Metropolitan Police.

The three officers would be sued, and sending them show cause notices is the first step of the procedure, he told The Daily Star.

Rajon, 13, was branded a thief and tortured to death by five to six people in Kumargaon outside Sylhet city on July 8. One torturer filmed the brutality on his mobile phone.

The boy's father alleged that Jalalabad police initially refused to record a case and let a murder suspect Kamrul Islam flee to Saudi Arabia in exchange for bribes.

The two SIs were suspended on July 24 and OC Alamgir on July 26.

So far 13 people, including Kamrul and prime accused Muhith Alam, were arrested.