Court Correspondent :
A case was filed yesterday against eight people, including the Officer-in-Charge (OC) of Badda Police Station, with the Chief Metropolitan Magistrate of Dhaka on charge of extortion in the city.
Nurunnahar Nasima Begum, a resident of Badda, filed the case on Sunday with the court while Magistrate Mazharul Islam took cognizance of the case. The court recorded the depositions of the complainant, and ordered Police Bureau of Investigation (PBI) to submit a report on August 7.
The accused persons are OC of Badda Police Station MA Abdul Jalil, Badda Police Station’s SI Shahid, ASI Din Islam, ASI Md Abdur Rahim, Advocate Jahanara Rashid Rupa, Rokeya Rashid, electrician M Shukur Ali and Ataur Rahman Kaysar. Five persons have been named as witnesses in the case.
According to the case statement, Plaintiff Nurunnahar has long been at loggerheads over the ownership of a piece of land with her step daughter Jahanara Rashid Rupa. Both Nurunnahar and Rupa used to live at the same house in the area with their respective family members.
Rupa, her husband Ataur Rahman Kaysar and two others Rokeya Rashid and electrician M Shukur Ali went to Nurunnahar’s apartment on Saturday with Sub-Inspector Shahid of Badda Police Station, Assitant Sub-Inspectors Din Islam and M Abdur Rahim and three constables, the case statement added.
As Nurunnahar was away at the time, Rupa asked Nurunnahar’s son Robin to settle electricity problem of her apartment. But as Robin denied, the policemen beat him with hammer and left him injured on the spot.
The police personnel allegedly vandalized furniture of the house also and took away Tk 20,000 and five bhories of gold ornaments from the apartment. Earlier on May 26, ASI Abdur Rahim asked Nurunnahar to give Tk two lakh to OC Abdul Jalil, the case statement further added.
A case was filed yesterday against eight people, including the Officer-in-Charge (OC) of Badda Police Station, with the Chief Metropolitan Magistrate of Dhaka on charge of extortion in the city.
Nurunnahar Nasima Begum, a resident of Badda, filed the case on Sunday with the court while Magistrate Mazharul Islam took cognizance of the case. The court recorded the depositions of the complainant, and ordered Police Bureau of Investigation (PBI) to submit a report on August 7.
The accused persons are OC of Badda Police Station MA Abdul Jalil, Badda Police Station’s SI Shahid, ASI Din Islam, ASI Md Abdur Rahim, Advocate Jahanara Rashid Rupa, Rokeya Rashid, electrician M Shukur Ali and Ataur Rahman Kaysar. Five persons have been named as witnesses in the case.
According to the case statement, Plaintiff Nurunnahar has long been at loggerheads over the ownership of a piece of land with her step daughter Jahanara Rashid Rupa. Both Nurunnahar and Rupa used to live at the same house in the area with their respective family members.
Rupa, her husband Ataur Rahman Kaysar and two others Rokeya Rashid and electrician M Shukur Ali went to Nurunnahar’s apartment on Saturday with Sub-Inspector Shahid of Badda Police Station, Assitant Sub-Inspectors Din Islam and M Abdur Rahim and three constables, the case statement added.
As Nurunnahar was away at the time, Rupa asked Nurunnahar’s son Robin to settle electricity problem of her apartment. But as Robin denied, the policemen beat him with hammer and left him injured on the spot.
The police personnel allegedly vandalized furniture of the house also and took away Tk 20,000 and five bhories of gold ornaments from the apartment. Earlier on May 26, ASI Abdur Rahim asked Nurunnahar to give Tk two lakh to OC Abdul Jalil, the case statement further added.
