High level police officials in Gazipur have given contradictory statements regarding an incident of an accused fleeing from a police van.
Delwar Hossain, fled from the police van while he was being taken to Kaliakoir upazila on Saturday night.
Acting on a tip off, police detained drug peddler Delwar Hossain and Liton with 300gm of cannabis at Baliadi Bazar area on Friday night.
Later, a mobile court lead by Kaliakoir upazila Assistant Commissioner Jinat Jahan sentenced them to six months' imprisonment.
They were sent back from Gazipur jail due to some issues with legal papers. Delwar fled from the van while being taken to Kaliakoir around 10pm.
Kaliakoir police station Officer-in-Charge Omor Faruk had earlier confirmed about the incident. However, when contacted with him in the morning, he said: “The accused did not flee, he is in jail.”
On the other hand, endorsing the incident, Gazipur Police Super Harun-Ur-Rashid said they were trying to rearrest the escaped accused.
Gazipur Additional Police Super Delwar Hossain said: “I had visited Kaliakoir police station as per the order of the police super soon after the incident but I did not find the accused there.”
About the OC's statement, he said: “Why would he [the accused] be in the police station? He has fled and there is nothing to hide about it. I have ordered the OC to rearrest him as soon as possible.”
Senior Jail Super of Gazipur District Jail Shubhash Chandra Ghosh said: “In spite of having a system of separate arrest warrants for different accused, police had brought only one arrest warrant for the two of them.”
