Khulna (South) Correspondent :
At least 13 persons including 11 policemen were sued on Thursday in a Khulna court on charge of allegedly gouging out both the eyes of an youth . The case was accepted by the court and the date for order was fixed on September 17, 2017.
Sources said, one Renu Begum, wife of Md. Zakir Hossain and mother of Md. Shahjalal, hailing from village Kowkhali of Pirojpur district filed the case in the court of Metropolitan Magistrate Mr. Shahidul Islam. The learned court accepted the case and fixed the date for order on September 17, 2017.
The accused persons are- Officer-in-charge (OC) of Khalishpur police station under Khulna Metropolitan Police (KMP), SI Rasel, SI Nur Islam, SI Md. Selim Molla, SI Mizan, SI Mamun, ASI Md. Selim Molla, ASI Taposh Roy, ASI Syed Ali, Ansar Lance Nayek Abul Hossain, Ansar Nayek Rezaul, Ansar constable Afsar Ali and Suma Aktar,20, daughter of Shukur Ahmed, resident of 61/1, Lower Jessore road under Khalishpur police station and Md. Rasel, son of Lutfar Howlader, resident of city’s Badamtala area under Khanjahan Ali police station.
Renu Begum, complainant of the case alleged the Arjee (Case statement) that on July18,2017 in the evening from the In-laws house of Shahjalal, he went to the market with a view to purchase milk for his child , but all on a sudden ,OC Nasim Khan called Shahjalal to Khalishpur police station and after taking financial benefit from Suma and Rasel, demanded taka 1.5 lacs to the members of Shahjalal’s family.
As the members of the family of Shahjalal failed to meet the demand of the OC, he (OC Nasim) and some of other policemen took away Shahjalal outside the police station and later they left him (Shahjalal) in Khulna Medical College Hospital (KMCH) after gouging both the eyes of Shahjalal. Thereafter OC Nasim Khan lodged a snatching case against Shahjalal.
Md. Zakir Hossain, father of Shahjalal said, Shahjalal is now undergoing treatment in Dhaka Medical College Hospital.
Zakir Hossain told the journalists that their son became blind for ever as policemen including OC Nasim Khan gouged out both the eyes with an screw-driver. He said adding that without getting any other alternative, they filed the case and sought for exemplary punishment of the culprits.
OC Nasim Khan refuted the allegation and told the newsmen that all the allegations brought against the policemen are not true.
Advocate Md. Mominul Islam, Khulna district Coordinator of Bangladesh Human Rights Implementation Organization is the lawyer for the complainant of the case.
When contacted, advocate Mominul Islam told this correspondent that the learned court accepted the case and fixed the date for order on September 17,2017.
At least 13 persons including 11 policemen were sued on Thursday in a Khulna court on charge of allegedly gouging out both the eyes of an youth . The case was accepted by the court and the date for order was fixed on September 17, 2017.
Sources said, one Renu Begum, wife of Md. Zakir Hossain and mother of Md. Shahjalal, hailing from village Kowkhali of Pirojpur district filed the case in the court of Metropolitan Magistrate Mr. Shahidul Islam. The learned court accepted the case and fixed the date for order on September 17, 2017.
The accused persons are- Officer-in-charge (OC) of Khalishpur police station under Khulna Metropolitan Police (KMP), SI Rasel, SI Nur Islam, SI Md. Selim Molla, SI Mizan, SI Mamun, ASI Md. Selim Molla, ASI Taposh Roy, ASI Syed Ali, Ansar Lance Nayek Abul Hossain, Ansar Nayek Rezaul, Ansar constable Afsar Ali and Suma Aktar,20, daughter of Shukur Ahmed, resident of 61/1, Lower Jessore road under Khalishpur police station and Md. Rasel, son of Lutfar Howlader, resident of city’s Badamtala area under Khanjahan Ali police station.
Renu Begum, complainant of the case alleged the Arjee (Case statement) that on July18,2017 in the evening from the In-laws house of Shahjalal, he went to the market with a view to purchase milk for his child , but all on a sudden ,OC Nasim Khan called Shahjalal to Khalishpur police station and after taking financial benefit from Suma and Rasel, demanded taka 1.5 lacs to the members of Shahjalal’s family.
As the members of the family of Shahjalal failed to meet the demand of the OC, he (OC Nasim) and some of other policemen took away Shahjalal outside the police station and later they left him (Shahjalal) in Khulna Medical College Hospital (KMCH) after gouging both the eyes of Shahjalal. Thereafter OC Nasim Khan lodged a snatching case against Shahjalal.
Md. Zakir Hossain, father of Shahjalal said, Shahjalal is now undergoing treatment in Dhaka Medical College Hospital.
Zakir Hossain told the journalists that their son became blind for ever as policemen including OC Nasim Khan gouged out both the eyes with an screw-driver. He said adding that without getting any other alternative, they filed the case and sought for exemplary punishment of the culprits.
OC Nasim Khan refuted the allegation and told the newsmen that all the allegations brought against the policemen are not true.
Advocate Md. Mominul Islam, Khulna district Coordinator of Bangladesh Human Rights Implementation Organization is the lawyer for the complainant of the case.
When contacted, advocate Mominul Islam told this correspondent that the learned court accepted the case and fixed the date for order on September 17,2017.
