Staff Reporter :
A case has been filed against four policemen including Cox’s Bazar’s Ukhia Police Station Officer in-Charge (OC) Morzina Akhter on the charge of torturing woman.
A young woman named Riyadh Sultana Nuri (22) of Maheshkhali filed the case with the Women and Children Repression Prevention Tribunal-3 on Tuesday.
The other defendants of the case are Inspector (Investigation) Nurul Islam, ASI Md Shamim and Constable Md Sumon.
The plaintiff of the case is the daughter of one Nuruchchhabi, a resident of Nayapara, Ward No. 7, under Maheshkhali Upazila. She is a student of a private college in Cox’s Bazar.
The court, however, directed the Additional Superintendent of Police of PBI to investigate the case.
The charges have been brought under the clause No. 323/324/342/379/506, said Public Prosecutor (PP) of the Tribunal Advocate Ekramul Huda.
According to the case statement, Constable Md Sumon had been in a relationship with the victim for a long time. On July 7 afternoon, he took the victim to his office beside Khuniapalong police checkpost, saying they would get married.
He asked her to wait till the Kazi arrived and allegedly raped her afterwards.
Then he took the woman to a nearby shop and left her there, saying he had emergency work to do.
At 11pm, she called the Additional Superintendent of Police and told him about the incident.
The case statement also states that Officer-in-Charge (OC) Morzina misbehaved with the victim and allegedly snatched her phone when she went to the police station. She also locked her in a room and allegedly tortured her with the three other accused cop members.
Besides, the victim attached some images of the torture with the case statement. But OC Morzina could not be reached for comment.
When asked about the matter, Cox’s Bazar Additional Superintendent of Police Md Iqbal Hossain said “We will take necessary actions after getting all papers related to the case,”
After the death of Major (retired) Sinha Md Rashed Khan in police firing on July 31, cases were filed against nine policemen. This prompted many victims, who had been harassed by police before, to file cases against members of law enforcement agency.
