Magistrate visits 'places of torture'

Metropolitan Magistrate SM Ashiqur Rahman yesterday visited the places where garment-waste trader Mahbubur Rahman Sujan was allegedly tortured by Mirpur police before he died in custody.

He visited Mirpur Police Station and Sujan's residence in the capital's Sankar as a part of the judicial inquiry into Sujan's death.

During his visit at the police station, the magistrate scrutinised the CCTV footage of the station, said police sources.

The magistrate also examined rooms of the station where Sujan's widow Momtaz Sultana Lucy and their five-year-old son Rabbi were confined while Sujan was allegedly being tortured, they added.

At Sujan's house, Ashiqur Rahman visited the bathroom where Sujan was allegedly tortured by Sub-Inspector Jahidur Rahman Khan, said Lucy who accompanied the magistrate. She added that the magistrate also interviewed the building owner's son as he was in the building when Sujan was picked up.  

SI Jahid had picked up Sujan, Lucy and Rabbi from their home on July 13. Jahid, who went to Sujan's house to extort money, tortured Sujan at his house, in the police van and at Mirpur Police Station, according to Sujan's family members.

On July 20, a Dhaka court ordered a judicial enquiry into Sujan's death after Lucy filed a murder case against 10 people, including SI Jahid and Officer-in-Charge Salahuddin Khan.

After 14 days of remand, Jahid is in jail now.