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The Metropolitan Sessions Judge Court, Sylhet on Sunday set January 7 to deliver the verdict in the case of the alleged custodial death of Raihan Ahmed at a city police station.
Raihan, who was 34-year-old at the time of his death, died on October 11, 2020 allegedly after he had endured brutal torture at the Bandar Bazar outpost of the Sylhet Kotwali police.
The court’s public prosecutor Badrul Islam told that Judge Munsi Abdul Mazid fixed the date of delivering the verdict in the case after completion of the argument in the afternoon.
‘Only suspended assistant sub-inspector Ashek-e-Elahi was presented before the court during the argument, as other five accused are absconding,’ the PP said.
According to the case document filed by his wife, Raihan, who lived in Hawlader Para in the city, called his mother from an unknown number in the early hours of October 11 and told her that the police took him to the Bandarbazar outpost and demanded Tk 10,000 for his release.
Later that day, his uncle rushed to the police outpost with Tk 5,000 but the cops allegedly refused release him, asking for the full amount demanded.
When Raihan’s uncle again returned to the outpost with the money, he was told that his nephew was taken to hospital as he fell sick.
His uncle went to the hospital and learned that Raihan died.
His wife Tahmina Akter Tanni filed a complaint with the Kotwali police station the following day, following which a first information report was registered against unidentified people.
On May 5, 2021, the Police Bureau of Investigation submitted the charge sheet to the court against five policemen and Abdullah Al Mamun, claimed to be reporter of an online news portal and a relative of Akbar.
The accused policemen in the case are Akbar Hossain Bhuiya, sub-inspector Hasan Ali, assistant sub-inspector Ahshque Elahi, and constables Harunur Rashid and Titu Chandra Das.
