Police yesterday said they were yet to get a certified copy of the High Court order directing them to accept central bank official Golam Rabbi’s complaint against Sub-Inspector Masud Sikder as FIR.
“We will follow the court’s direction once we get the copy,” Mohammadpur police station’s Officer-in-Charge Jamaluddin Mir told Dhaka Tribune.
The High Court on January 17 ordered police to register Rabbi’s complaint against SI Masud as FIR. On yesterday, plaintiff Zahid Hasan submitted a ‘lawyer’s certificate’ at Mohammadpur police station.
He told Dhaka Tribune that he filed the document as he, too, was yet to get copy of the court’s order.
A lawyer’s certificate is issued by a lawyer after the court gives an order.
But OC Jamaluddin said it was “not the proper document” and that they would wait for a certified copy of the court’s order before starting legal procedures.
Rabbi claimed Masud had tortured him and threatened to kill him unless he paid Tk5 lakh. Masud was suspended two days later.
Rabbi’s friend Zahid said doctors at Dhaka Medical College Hospital would release him in a day or two. The doctors have advised the central bank official to attend counselling sessions for six months as he was suffering from trauma.
Meanwhile, police chief AKM Shahidul Hoque yesterday defended SI Masud, accusing Rabbi of “obstructing police duty” on the night of January 9, reports our Savar correspondent.
Shahidul claimed SI Masud wanted to frisk Rabbi but the central bank official’s non-cooperation annoyed the on-duty policemen.
“So, SI Masud detained him for two hours but it was not what he should have done,” the IGP said, responding to a question at a programme in Savar.
