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3 cops get life imprisonment over custodial death of youth
DHAKA, Sept 9, 2020 (BSS) – A Dhaka court today sentenced three policemen to life imprisonment and fined them Taka one lakh each, in a case lodged over custodial death of a youth in capital’s Mirpur area, in 2014.
Dhaka Metropolitan Sessions Judge KM Imrul Qayes passed the order, sentencing then Pallabi Police Station sub-inspector Zahidur Rahman Zahid, assistant sub-inspector (ASI) Rashedul and ASI Kamruzzaman Mintu to life imprisonment.
The court also sentenced police source Sumon and Russel to seven-year imprisonment and fined them Taka 20 thousand each.
Of the five convicts, Zahidur and Sumon were in jail, while Rashedul was on bail. The three were present during the judgement.
The court on August 24 had set today to pronounce the judgement in the case as both the prosecution and defence concluded their arguments in the case on that day.
The court came up with the judgement after examining 24 witnesses.
According to the case documents, police sources Sumon stormed into a
marriage function at Mirpur-11 on February 8, 2014, and started harassing
girls there. Victim Jony and his brother asked Sumon to leave immediately.
Sumon left the place, only to return the next day and again started
harassing girls. When Jony and his brother obstructed him, Sumon called
police to arrest them. As police detained Jony and his brother and were taking
them to police station, locals chased them and police fired at the crowds.
After taking to police station, accused cops beaten Jony and his brother
badly. As Jony lost his sense, they rushed him to National Hospital. As
Jony’s condition deteriorated, police taken him to Dhaka Medical College
Hospital where the attending doctors declared Jony dead.
Jony’s brother Imtiyaj Hossain Roky on August 7, 2014, filed the case
with Dhaka Metropolitan Sessions Judge Court against eight including then
officer-in-charge of Pallabi Police Station Ziaur Rahman.
On April 17, 2016, Dhaka Metropolitan Sessions Judge Kamrul Hossain
Molla framed charges against the five accused.
BSS/CORR/MHR/FI/ 1540 hrs