3 cops sued for extortion

An extortion case was filed against officer-in-charge (OC) of Rampura Police Station, along with its two sub-inspectors (SI) with a Dhaka court yesterday.
Begum Ziaun Nahar, the complainant, filed the case with the Chief Metropolitan Magistrate's Court against the OC, Mohammad Saidur Rahman and SI Akbar Hossain and SI Saiful Islam.
She also accused her daughter Shamimun Nahar Lipi and one Delwar Hossain of harassment.
After the hearing, Metropolitan Magistrate Abdul Qader recorded statement of the complainant and fixed today for order on the issue.
The complainant alleged that the accused on March 27, 2010, entered the residences of Ziaun Nahar and her son Arifur Rashid at Khilgaon Taltola and demanded Tk 5 lakh as extortion, of which they paid Tk 50,000. On March 30 this year, the same policemen asked for the same amount of money from the complainants and received Tk 18,000.
She alleged her daughter Lipi and Delwar are involved in anti-social activities and had been harassing her with threats and even set corrupt police personnel after her. The complainant along with locals of the area had been trying to resist them.