Attempt to murder case filed against ex-IGP, 14 others
A case has been filed against 15 police officers including the former inspector general of police (IGP) Chowdhury Abdullah Al-Mamun, for allegedly beating lawyers with intention to kill them, during a rally in September last year.
Lawyer Hannan Bhuiyan made an application in the court of Dhaka Metropolitan Magistrate Saiful Islam today (20 august). The court accepted the statement of the plaintiff and directed Kotwali Police Station to accept the complaint as a First Information Report (FIR).
The other accused are former commissioner of Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) Khandaker Ghulam Faruk, former deputy commissioner (DC) of Lalbagh Zone Jafor Hossain, former AC Kotwali Shahinur Rahman, Current DC (Prosecution) Anisur Rahman, former ADC Kotwali Muhit Kabir Serniabat, former ADC (Lalbagh Zone) Shahidul Islam, former officer-in-charge (OC) of Kotwali Police Station Shahinur Rahman, OC (Operation) Nazmul Hasan, OC (Investigation) Mehedi Hasan, Sub-Inspector (SI) Shahabuddin Hawladar, constables M Mahbub Alam, M Abdur Rashid, Ramzan Molla and In-charge of Babubazar Police Outpost Faheyat Uddin Raktim.
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According to the case statement, the complainant alleged that they brought out a procession under the banner of 'United Lawyers Front' of Dhaka Bar Association Unit on 12 September last year.
Police stopped them and tried to assault some female lawyers present there when they went in front of the main road adjacent to the Dhaka District Judge's Court. Many lawyers were injured during the time.
At one point, the lawyers' protested their action and police flogged them mercilessly.
The accused in connivance with each other stopped the lawyers and attacked them with the intent to kill and inflicted serious bloody injuries, the statement added.
