None arrested but three staff quizzed for 3 days

The Detective Branch (DB) allegedly kept three officials and staff of Madhyapara Granite Mining Company Ltd (MGMCL) confined to a room of Parbatipur Model Police Station of Dinajpur for three days to interrogation in connection with the stealing of the explosives warehouse of Madhyapara Granite Mining Company Ltd.
The incident sparked resentment and panic among the MGMCL officials and staff. They termed the act 'illegal'.
"Police can call any staff of MGMCL or any suspect to police station or come to the mine area for interrogation for a few hours. But it is illegal to interrogate the officials and staff detaining them illegally at the police station for so long time without any court order," said an official seeking not to be named.
The DB policemen of Dinajpur on Thursday called nine officials of MGMCL and let go six of them after interrogation, sources said.
But three others -- Md Monwar Hossain, deputy manager (Production) and security in charge, Belal Hossain, security in charge and Ansar platoon commander, and Latif Nasif Salafi, staff of Blasting and Setting Department, were kept confined to the room of an ASI of Parbatipur Model Police station and a DB police team led by DB OC Redwanur Rahim continued interrogating them there.
Monwar Hossain and Belal Hossain were released on Saturday night but Latif remained in police custody in the name of interrogation, sources said.
These people were neither arrested nor produced before the court while law makes it mandatory for police to produce an arrested person before a court within 24 hours.
Redwanur Rahim, also the investigation officer (IO) of the case, could not be contacted as he did not receive the cell phone.
On Tuesday, two locks of the explosives warehouse of Madhyapara Granite Mining Company Ltd were found broken and later an inquiry team found eight pieces of non-electric copper cords missing from there.
AM Mostafa Ferdowsee, DGM (Administration) of MGMCL filed a case with Parbatipur police station on Wednesday night. Later the case was handed over to DB and OC Redwanur Rahim was made the IO.
When contacted, Devdas Bhattachariya, the superintendent of police of Dinajpur, denied arrest and detention of any person in connection with the MGMCL case.
"The DB policemen are just interrogating some people," he said.