High level police officials in Gazipur gave contradictory statements regarding an incident of an accused fleeing from a police van yesterday.
Sources said the accused Delwar Hossain, fled from the police van while he was being taken to Kaliakoir upazila on Saturday night.
Acting on a tip off, police detained Delwar and Liton with 300gm of cannabis at Baliadi Bazar area on Friday night.
Later, a mobile court led by Kaliakoir upazila Assistant Commissioner Jinat Jahan sentenced them to six months’ imprisonment. They were sent back from Gazipur jail due to some issues with legal papers. Delwar fled from the van while being taken to Kaliakoir around 10pm.
Kaliakoir police station Officer-in-Charge Omor Faruk had earlier confirmed the incident. However, when contacted in the morning, he said: “The accused did not flee, he is in jail.”
On the other hand, endorsing the incident, Superintendent of Police Harun-Ur-Rashid said they were trying to rearrest the escaped accused.
Gazipur Additional Superintendent of Police Delwar Hossain said: “I had visited Kaliakoir police station as per the order of the police super soon after the incident but I did not find the accused there.”
About the OC’s statement, he said: “Why would he [the accused] be in the police station? He has fled and there is no hiding it. I have ordered the OC to rearrest him as soon as possible.”
Senior Jail Super of Gazipur District Jail Shubhash Chandra Ghosh said: “In spite of having a system of separate arrest warrants for different accused, police had brought only one arrest warrant for the two of them.”