A Dhaka court yesterday ordered the Detective Branch (DB) of police to investigate against two police men and one Ansar member of Khilgaon police station for their alleged involvement in extorting, hijacking and assaulting a pick-up van driver.
Dhaka Additional Chief Metropolitan Magistrate Ali Masud Sheikh issued the order after the pick-up van driver Md Solaiman Sheikh yesterday filed a case with the court.
The court also directed the DB to submit the investigation report within January 25.
The accused police men are Assistant Sub-Inspector Majnu, Constable Robiul and Ansar VDP member Anjan. They were all posted at Khilgaon police station at the time of the incident.
Morshed Hossain Shahin, the lawyer of the complainant, said: “The accused police men beat up Al Amin, the helper of the pick-up van, handcuffed him and extorted Tk6,300 and a mobile phone from Solaiman at Meradiya Sipahibagh rice market on May 5.”
The complainant mentioned that the police returned the mobile but did not refund the money. Subsequently an application was sent to the Secretary of the Ministry of Home affairs and also to the Inspector General of Police on May 8.
On the basis of the complaint, the senior assistant police commissioner of Matijheel zone called the complainants on June 8 and 14 to his office and recorded their statement.
Again on July 8 and 14, senior assistant police commissioner of Demra Zone recorded their statement but no action was taken.
They also filled a petition to the Ministry of Home affairs on October regarding the incident. But getting no response from the ministry, they lodged the case before the court for justice.