Family members of two youths who were killed in an alleged mob beating in Rajapur area, Jessore sadar upazila alleged that police had killed them in a planned way.
Delwar Rahman Dipu, secretary for library of the Bangladesh Chhatra League, and uncle of Ismail Hossain, made the allegation while addressing a press conference at Jeesore Press Club yesterday.
He said they would take legal actions against Kotwali police soon. He also demanded judicial probe of the deaths.
In a written statement, he said police had picked up l-Amin, 23, son of Abdul Aziz of Arpara Ghurulia village, and Ismail Hossain, 22, a student of Jessore Polytechnic Institute, from their houses on Sunday afternoon. Later, they got their bodies at Jessore Sadar Hospital.
“Police told us that they were killed in mob-beating in Rajapur area, but local residents of the area are not aware of the beating.”
At the press conference he claimed that his nephew had been over love affair as family of the girl hired police to kill them.
A confusing situation has created over the deaths of youths as police as well as their families are saying different views about their deaths.
Police said they were killed in a mob-beating while snatching a motorbike from Rajapur, but their families claiming that police had shot them to death in a planned way.
But their families said they had noticed mark of bullet injuries on their heads.
Salauddin Sagor, younger brother of Ismail, said: “They had been killed in a planned way.”
However, according to the hospital register book, Al-Amin and Ismail were dead when they were taken to he hospital. They were not accused in any case.