4 cops sued for extortion
Four police personnel, including the officer-in-charge of Kotwali Police Station in Old Dhaka, have been sued for extorting money from a trader.
Mohammad Rahim, a trader, filed the case with Dhaka Metropolitan Magistrate's Court yesterday, said court sources.
The four are OC Md Mizanur Rahman, Sub-inspector Anisul Haque, and assistant sub-inspectors Khairul Islam and Shahidul Islam.
Apart from them, Delwar Hossain, a police source, and three unidentified persons were made accused in the case.
The magistrate recorded the complainant's statements and fixed December 3 for passing an order in this regard.
According to the case documents, three persons identifying themselves as members of the Detective Branch of Police stopped Rahim on Chunkutia Bridge in South Keraniganj around 8:00pm on October 12 while he was returning home from Charkaliganj Zilla Parishad Market.
They told the trader that there was an arrest warrant against him. Later, they took him to a nearby shop and frisked him. As they didn't find any illegal item in his possession, the shopkeepers requested the three to let him go.
The three then took Rahim to Babu Bazar Bridge where SI Anisul, ASI Khairul and their source Delwar were waiting. Suddenly, the three men took out 650 yaba pills from their trouser pockets and claimed that they seized those pills from Rahim.
SI Anisul told Rahim that he would be made an accused in a drug case if he didn't pay them Tk 2 lakh.
Later that night, Rahim handed over a gold chain weighing one tola and Tk 63,000 to Anisul.
As he failed to manage the remaining amount, he was taken to Kotwali Police Station around 9:15pm and kept in police custody.
OC Mizanur told Rahim that he was made an accused in a case for possessing 10 yaba pills.
The following day, police produced Rahim before court that sent him to jail. He was released on bail on October 30, added the case statement.
Despite repeated attempts yesterday, The Daily Star could not reach OC Mizanur on his mobile phone.
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