Staff Reporter :The High Court (HC) on Monday observed that Sub-Inspector (SI) Masud Shikder has committed a criminal offence by detaining and torturing Bangladesh Bank (BB) official Golam Rabbi. Masud, a SI of Mohammadpur Police Station, should be dismissed from the service as suspension is not enough for his crime, the court said while hearing a writ petition in this regard.Earlier, a HC bench comprising Justice Syed Muhammad Dastagir Husain and Justice AKM Shahidul Haque heard the petition submitted by AKM Ehsanur Rahman, SM Julfikar Ali and Zahid Hasan.The writ was submitted on Sunday seeking judicial probe into the matter and arrest of Masud.Barrister Mahbub Uddin Khokon took part in the hearing on behalf of the petitioners while Arobindu Kumar Roy, Assistant Attorney General, for the state. The court also ordered the Officer-in-Charge (OC) of Mohammadpur Police Station to record the complaint submitted by the victim as First Information Report (FIR).Earlier, Rabbi submitted the complaint to the Deputy Commissioner of Police (Tejgaon zone) over his torture. “The court has ordered the OC to accept the complaint as the FIR, Assistant Attorney General Arobindu Kumar Roy told The New Nation after the hearing.He said, the HC bench also issued a ruling upon the government to explain in two weeks as to why the torture of Golam Rabbi by the police should not be declared illegal.Earlier on the day, Home Minister Asaduzzaman Khan said Masud Shikder did not act like a cop. “Primary probe suggests that his behaviour was unlike that of a policeman at that time.” The probe committee of police on Sunday submitted a report into the torture of the BB official by SI Masud. On January11, the accused SI Masud Shikder of Mohammadpur Police Station was closed and attached to Tejgaon Division.Earlier on the night of January 9, Golam Rabbi, 28, an assistant director of BB was allegedly tortured by SI Masud Shikder for refusing to pay bribe of Tk 5 lakh.Around 11:30pm on the night, he was stopped by police at Mohammadpur area and first body-searched. Then he was asked to pay up or face lawsuit as a Yaba dealer and addict.
