Another probe finds cops guilty
Another police investigation has found Shamim Reza was tortured in police custody that led to his death.
The probe committee has recommended closing two police officials and transferring another, and suggested taking departmental action against Officer-in-Charge of Sonargaon Police Station Atiqur Rahman Khan for negligence and failing to discharge his duty.
The officials to be closed are Arup Tarafdar, inspector (investigation), and Paltu Ghosh, sub-inspector of Sonargaon Police Station.
The one to be transferred is Narayanganj Assistant Superintendent of Police (B circle) Uttam Prashad Bashak.
The probe committee formed by Narayanganj police, headed by SM Ashrafuzzaman, additional superintendent of Narayanganj police, submitted the report to Narayanganj Superintendent of Police Syed Nurul Islam on Tuesday.
It was primarily proved that Shamim, 26, was detained on May 14 and was kept in custody till May 20, the report said.
The cause of his death would be ascertained on receiving the autopsy report, the report added.
Earlier on May 26, a departmental probe body headed by an additional deputy inspector general suggested taking similar action against Arup, Paltu and Uttam as it found the Narayanganj boy was tortured in custody.
The trio was immediately withdrawn following the report.
The probe body also gathered that money was taken from Shamim's family so that torture on him stopped.
Shamim's family has alleged that the Inspector Arup detained Shamim illegally, tortured him and demanded Tk 5 lakh.
Shamim, who appeared in master's examination this year, died at Dhaka Medical College Hospital on May 22.
Police detained him from his residence on May 14 and forced him to confess in court on May 20 that he had been involved in the killing of local Union Parishad Chairman Rafiqul Islam's second wife, her brother and two housemaids on April 20, family alleged.
Haji Alauddin, father of Shamim, filed a writ petition with the High Court on Wednesday, seeking its directive to the government to form a judicial commission to probe the police torture on his son.
In his petition, he also sought the court's directive for arrest of the four police officials -- Atiqur, Arup, Paltu and Uttam -- within 24 hours.
An investigation by The Daily Star also found that the allegation of torture on Shamim was true.
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