Law enforcers yesterday picked up executed war criminal Abdul Quader Molla’s younger son and 10 other relatives from their Moghbazar residence within an hour of the execution, but freed them one hour later.
But police gave contradictory information on the detention.
Ramna division Deputy Commissioner Sheikh Maruf Hasan said: “The son and some people were picked up, but I am not yet sure of the matter in details. Let me look into it.”
Dhaka Metropolitan Police DC (Media) Masudur Rahman, however, ruled outthe detention, saying: “The information on the detention of Quader Molla’s son and any other of his family members is not true.”
Talking to the Dhaka Tribune, family members claimed that police had picked up Molla’s younger son Hasan Moudud and 10 other relatives from the ground floor of their Moghbazar residence and taken them to Ramna police station but freed them later.
Molla’s elder son Hasan Jamil said: “Police picked up my younger brother, Hasan Moudud, and 10 of our relatives. The law enforcers took them to Ramna police station. Later, police freed them after my uncle Meer Rajibul Islam [a brother-in-law of Molla], and sister had gone to Ramna police station.”