A police official in Kurigram have been allegedly demanding bribes for lodging cases.
Local people have submitted a complaint letter to deputy commissioner and police super of the district against the officer-in-charge of Roumari police station on Monday.
The accused police official was Mokhlesur Rahman, OC of Roumari police station. The copies of the complaint letter against Mokjlesur were sent to the home ministry, inspector general (IG) and deputy inspector general (DIG) of police, press club and other organisations, seeking an investigation over the matter.
Seeking anonymity, a poor farmer said he went to the police station on Sunday to file a case, but Mokhlesur demanded Tk10,000 for filing his case. Later, no cases were lodged as the farmer was unable to manage the money.
Mominul Islam, a resident, said few days ago, a group of miscreants have beaten him indiscriminately. Upazila Chairman Abdul Khaleque rescued him and admitted to the local hospital. Later, Mominul went to Roumari police station but, Mokhlesur demanded Tk10,000 for lodging the case from him also.
Mokhlesur said, “Land-related cases are not filed with police station usually. So, we refused to lodge Mominul’s case. ”
But, he did not make comment over taking bribes for filing cases.