Detective Branch of Chittagong Metropolitan Police (CMP) has arrested two police officials in connection with the death incident of a businessman in police custody.
They have been arrested from the port city at 8pm on Monday.
The arrestees are Sub-Inspector (SI) Amir Hossain and Constable Moslem Uddin of Panchlaish police station, said Abu Jafor Mohammad Omar Faruk, officer-in-charge (OC) of Panchlaish Police Station.
He said the arrested police officials were kept at DB office in CMP Headquarters.
Earlier on June 19, Md Rokunuzzaman, 45, a local housing businessman, died in police custody after a police team picked him up from his residence on Syed Shah Road in Chittagong city’s Bakalia area.
Family members said the police team, led by Sub-Inspector Amir Hossain of Panchlaish police station, picked Rokunuzzaman up from his residence saying that he was an accused of a rape case lodged with Panchlaish Police Station on June 5.
Later, the family members were informed that Rokunuzzaman’s body was kept in Chittagong Medical College Hospital (CMCH).
Shimu Akhter, wife of the deceased, claimed that police beat his husband to death.
Harunur Rashid, cousin of the deceased, said: “The police kicked Rokunuzzaman in his chest after entering their residence and police source Jamal beat him up which made him sick.”
Refuting the allegation, police claimed that when the police team went to nab Rokunuzzaman, he felt sick as he was a patient of Diabetes and High Blood Pressure.
Later, Rokunuzzaman was rushed to CMCH where the on-duty doctor declared him, he said adding that Rokunuzzaman might be died after cardiac arrest.
An unnatural death case was lodged in this connection on that day while Panchlaish police held police source Jamal after the incident.
On June 25, Shimu lodged a murder case with a Chittagong court accusing Sub-Inspector (SI) Amir Hossain, Assistant Sub-Inspector (ASI) Enyaet Hossain, Constables Mizanur Rahman, Moslem and Khokon Mia, Ansar Constable Shahinur Alam, driver Akbar , police sources Md Jamal and Humayun Kabir and one Harunur Rashid Duke.
Taking the allegation into cognizance, the court ordered Deputy Commissioner of Detective Branch (DB) of Chittagong Metropolitan Police (CMP) to investigate the matter and submit a report within July 23.
“According to autopsy report, Rokunuzzaman was beaten before his death. The police personnel were arrested after getting the postmortem report,” said Additional Commissioner (Crime and Operation) Banaz Kumar Majumder of CMP.