1 held over Jamalpur FF murder

Police on Tuesday showed one of the four accused arrested in a case for killing Abdul Bari, a freedom fighter, in the district town on Monday.

The arrestee, Anisur Rahman, is a Ticket Checker (TC) of Bangladesh Railway.

Deceased's son Mizanur Rahman Mukul filed a case with Jamalpur Railway Police Station on Tuesday night accusing Anisur Rahman, OC Goura Chandra Majumdar and constable Tapon Barua of the police station, and ASI Sohrab Ali, in-charge of Railway Nirapatta Bahini (RNB) at Jamalpur station.

Kawsar Ahmad, acting in-charge of the police station said police produced the arrestee before a Mymensingh court yesterday that sent him to the jail.

On Monday, freedom fighter Abdul Bari, 65, died at Mymensingh Combined Military Hospital (CMH) after he was beaten up allegedly by the railway policemen.

Bari's son Mazharul Islam Babu, a MBA student at Rajshahi University, was detained for boarding a local train without ticket.

When Bari went to free his son, there was scuffle following an altercation with the on-duty policemen. At one stage, one of the cops punched Bari in his face and he fell to the ground unconscious.

Bari was later taken to Mymensingh Combined Military Hospital (CMH) where he died the same afternoon.

Jamalpur Deputy Commissioner Shahbuddin Khan said eight railway policemen including OC Majumder were withdrawn following the incident.

A five-member committee was formed to probe the incident, the DC added.