Cops try to frame student with yaba
A police team, led by a sub-inspector, allegedly tried to frame a 19-year-old college student in Rajbari as a "yaba trader". They beat him up and tried to plant yaba tablets in his pocket during the early hours of Sunday.
The matter came to light after the victim, Rifaat-Ibn-Rais Aaraf, submitted a written complaint to the district's superintendent of police on Monday, attaching video evidence of the incident.
The accused officer, SI Asif Ahmed, was on duty at the city's Binodpur police outpost during the incident.
He has been withdrawn and attached to police lines after the incident surfaced.
According to the complaint, the victim had gone to the bus stand to pick up his elder brother, Riasat, around 12:40am.
After returning home with his brother, they realised Riasat had left a bag with his laptop at the bus stand. Then, Rifaat went back to collect it from the spot.
A police team then stopped him near Yasin High School. SI Asif Ahmed and constables Jahangir Hossain and Sukanta questioned and beat up Rifaat.
They then tried to label him as a yaba trader by attempting to plant yaba tablets in his pocket. When he protested, they told him to come back with money.
His family members rushed there after receiving his call, while locals also gathered at the scene.
At the time, police personnel refuted the allegations and eventually released Rifaat.
In the video submitted by Rifaat, it was seen that the police officials visited his house the next morning, where SI Asif apologised and requested Rifaat to not take any action against them.
The next day, the student filed a written complaint with the Rajbari SP office. Contacted, Rajbari SP GM Abul Kalam Azad confirmed receiving a complaint in this regard.
"The matter is being investigated. If we find the incident to be true, appropriate action will be taken," he added.
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