Industrial police authorities yesterday suspended three constables for their cowardliness when two of their fellows were being attacked four days ago.
They are: Constables Pinaruzzaman, Imran Aziz and Atel Mahmud.
According to witnesses, when miscreants attacked the check post at Baripara near Nandan Park in Ashulia, the trio fled the scene instead of helping their colleagues under attack.
Police high-ups have hinted after the incident that departmental action should be taken against those who abandoned their fellows on-duty.
Kawser Shikder, assistant director of Industrial Police’s Ashulia Zone, told the Dhaka Tribune: “The three had been suspended earlier but as they were going through interrogation over the last three days, they were informed yesterday.”
Around 8am on November 4, three motorbike-riding miscreants attacked Constables Mukul and Nur at Baripara when they stopped their vehicle for a routine check.
After pulling over, two young men on the motorbike started hacking the constables with the machetes they were carrying in a bag. At one point, Mukul ran towards a nearby restaurant looking for help but the attackers chased him down and kept on hacking him, leaving the constable critically injured.
The three other constables on duty with them, fled the scene instead of stopping the attackers.
Ajibur, who works at the nearby restaurant, said the youths, who were also carrying guns, fired some blank rounds before fleeing.
During a recent visit to the area, this correspondent saw that the Shuvechcha Hotel – the restaurant that Mukul ran towards for safety – is now under a police cordon and all the other restaurants in the area are closed.