UNB, Khulna :
Three policemen, including a sub-inspector of Terokhada Police Station, were closed to the District Police Lines on Tuesday on charge of realising extortion from the family of a Rana Plaza victim.
Locals said Abdul Kuddus Mollah of Bhabanipur village received Tk 72,000 as compensation for the death of his sister Asma in the Rana Plaza collapse.
SI Milton of the Terokhada police along with two constables went to the house of Kuddus on May 10 and took him to a place one kilometre off the house.
Later, they beat Kuddus and demanded Tk 5 lakh as extortion, saying he received Tk 72 lakh as compensation. They also threatened to put him in crossfire.
The policemen freed Kuddus after his brother paid them Tk 19,200.
The action was taken against the three policemen after Milton lodged a complaint against them in this regard.
Three policemen, including a sub-inspector of Terokhada Police Station, were closed to the District Police Lines on Tuesday on charge of realising extortion from the family of a Rana Plaza victim.
Locals said Abdul Kuddus Mollah of Bhabanipur village received Tk 72,000 as compensation for the death of his sister Asma in the Rana Plaza collapse.
SI Milton of the Terokhada police along with two constables went to the house of Kuddus on May 10 and took him to a place one kilometre off the house.
Later, they beat Kuddus and demanded Tk 5 lakh as extortion, saying he received Tk 72 lakh as compensation. They also threatened to put him in crossfire.
The policemen freed Kuddus after his brother paid them Tk 19,200.
The action was taken against the three policemen after Milton lodged a complaint against them in this regard.
