The High Court has ordered the authorities concerned to withdraw the Officer-in-Charge (OC) of Narayanganj Sadar police station, Kamrul Islam, for his alleged role in a case in which 50,000 yaba pills were discovered.
The court also ordered the investigation officer, of the case filed over the incident, to submit a report within one month.
The High Court bench of Justice M Enayetur Rahim and Justice M Mostafizur Rahman passed the order on Monday.
On March 7, 2018, a team of Detective Branch of Police recovered 50,000 yaba pills and Tk5 lakh from the house of Assistant Sub-Inspector (ASI) Mohammad Suhrawardy. A case was filed in connection with this.
Later, ASI Suhrawardy and Police Constable Asaduzzaman gave a confessional statement before the court. In their statement, they said following the order of the OC they had released a drug trader; keeping his yaba and money.
On February 24, the matter came to the notice to the High Court bench during a hearing on a bail plea of detained constable Asaduzzaman.
The court sought an explanation as to why the OC was not made accused in the case and asked Mehedi Maksud, investigation officer of the case of Criminal Investigation Department, to appear before the court.
On February 26, Mehedi Maksud appeared before the court and informed the court that Additional Police Superintendent Nazim Uddin Azad was appointed as the IO.
Later, the court asked him to appear before the court today (March 4).
The court also rejected the bail petition of Asaduzzaman.