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Download PDF Detained former state minister for home Lutfozzaman Babar and four policemen were sued yesterday on charge of torturing a Bangladesh Chhatra League (BCL) leader in custody.
Mass Education Affairs Secretary of BCL central committee Mohammad Abu Abbas Bhuiyan, also a student of Political Science of Dhaka University (DU), who had been detained in connection with a case for attacking Prof Humayun Azad, filed the case with the Dhaka Chief Metropolitan Magistrate’s (CMM) court.
The other accused are the then officer-in-charge (OC) of Ramna Police Station Mahbubur Rahman, sub-inspectors Rezaul Karim and Naser Ali and Sergeant Anwar Hossain, who is in charge of Nilkhet Police Box.
After the hearing, Metropolitan Magistrate Mohammad Emran Hossain Chowdhury recorded the statement of the complainant but did not pass any order.
In his complaint, Abbas said a gang of miscreants attacked Prof Humayun Azad in front of Bangla Academy when he was on his way back home on February 27, 2004 leaving him seriously injured.
A procession protesting the attack on Azad was brought out on the DU campus the next day. Policemen arrested Abbas from there and detained him in Ramna Police Station.
The then OC of the police station Mahbubur Rahman, in consultation with Babar, decided to show Abbas arrested in the case filed for making an attempt on Prof Humayun Azad’s life.
Later, he was placed on a five-day remand and tortured inhumanely. During the remand, Mahbub along with the three policemen put pressure on Abbas to give confessional statement admitting that he had attacked Prof Azad.
He was asked to spell out the names of several BCL leaders as the attackers. Failing to get confessional statement from Abbas, they tortured him inhumanely. The accused OC and Rezaul also threatened him to kill in ‘crossfire’ if he denied to do so.
When his condition deteriorated, he was admitted to Dhaka Medical College and Hospital (DMCH). Later, he was released on bail after 16 days of confinement.
Police pressed charges against Jama’atul Mujaheedin Bangladesh (JMB) members in the case dropping Abbas’ name from the charge sheet on November 15 last year after conducting probe.
In the charge sheet, police said the charges brought against Abbas were not found to be true and he should be discharged. Following the plea, the court discharged Abbas from the case.
Abbas said he has become permanently disabled due to inhumane torture by the accused policemen.
Acting on the directives of the then home minister Babar, the policemen tortured him inhumanely leaving him permanently disabled.
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