2 cops arrested, remanded for kidnapping, extortion

Two policemen have been put on a three-day remand each after being arrested from Dhaka’s Sher-e-Banglanagar area in the capital on charges of extortion and kidnapping.

The arrestees are sub-inspectors Tuhin Kazi and Moshiur Rahman Taposh of Shah Ali police station in Mirpur. 

They were suspended after a primary investigation, UNB reported.

On information, a team of police from Sher-e-Banglanagar police station arrested them on Tuesday night. Later, they were shown arrested in a case filed at the police station by one Shahadat Sarker.

Officer-in-Charge (OC) of Sher-e-Banglanagar police station Ahad Ali, confirmed the matter, saying that they produced the duo before a Dhaka court on Wednesday with a remand plea.

The court put them on a three-day remand each, the OC said.