A tea stall owner, who sustained burn injuries allegedly by police officials for refusing to pay them extortions in the capital's Mirpur, has died in Dhaka Medical College Hospital (DMCH).
Partha Sankar Pal, director of Burn Unit of DMCH, told the Dhaka Tribune that Bablu, 45, succumbed to his injuries around 1:30pm on Thursday.
Bablu, who owned a tea stall in Mirpur's Gudaraghat area, was the victim of the assault by policemen around 9pm Wednesday.
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Bablu's nephew Jahirul Islam earlier told the Dhaka Tribune that several policemen came to his uncle's shop and demanded extortion. When Bablu refused, one of them beat him up with a stick.
At one point of the assault, another policeman kicked a stove in the stall and a hot-water-filled kettle landed on Bablu, causing him severe burns.
The victim was brought to the Dhaka Medical College Hospital's burn unit around 11:45pm. Doctors said 95% of his body has suffered burns.
Sentu Chandra Das, assistant sub-inspector at DMCH outpost, said the police station concerned has been notified.
