Cop closed for attacking DC office staff
The staffers of Dhaka district deputy commissioner (DC) yesterday staged a sit-in in front of the office for hours and held the DC and senior officials hostage to protest the assault on a staff by officer-in-charge (OC) of South Keraniganj Police Station.
A constable of Kotwali Police Station was closed for attacking the agitating staffers.
Sources said OC Salauddin Khan slapped staff Faruq Hossain who, along with several employees, went to display a noticeboard on a disputed land at Telghat at Aganagar of Kaliganj in the morning.
The claimers of the land tried to protest and resist the employees to put the noticeboard. At one stage, the OC slapped Faruq.
After the incident, the staffers returned to the office and staged a demonstration in protest against the assault on the staff and also held the DC and other officials hostage for about three hours.
Constable of Kotwali Police Station Abdul Hanna police used batons to disperse the agitating staffers.
Later, the DC called the OC and Kotwali police Abdul Hanna at his office where OC Salaudnin sought unconditional pardon from the staffers for the assault and Hannan was closed for baton charge.
When contacted, Assistant Commissioner of Kotwali zone police Syed Nurul Islam said, “The problem was solved by the DC.”
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