Sylhet Bureau :
A Sylhet court on Wednesday ordered the exhumation of the body of young man Raihan Uddin who was reportedly tortured to death in police custody for further autopsy.
The court passed the order following a petition filed by police, said Additional Deputy Commissioner (Media) of Sylhet Metropolitan Police Jyotirmoy Sarker.
Raihan, son of late Rafiqul Islam of Akhalia in Sylhet city, died at Sylhet MAG Osmnai Medical College Hospital on October 11.
Bandarbazar Police Outpost informed on the day that he was severely injured in a mass beating at Kastghar in the city during a mugging. They rescued him and took him to the hospital where he succumbed to his injuries.
However, there were injury marks on different parts of the body of the victim and the nails of his fingers were also uprooted which suggested that he was tortured.
It was alleged that Raihan was tortured to death at the police outpost for bribe money.Meanwhile, four policemen, including in-charge of the outpost sub-inspector Akbar Hossain Bhuiyan, were suspended and three others withdrawn over the incident.
Raihan was buried following a namaz-e-janaza on September 11 night.
However, police filed a petition before the court seeking its order to exhume the body to know the actual reason behind the death.
