A Dhaka court yesterday ordered the Dhaka Metropolitan Police commissioner to take legal action, upon investigation, against the policemen responsible for the assault on Opposition Chief Whip Zainul Abdin Farroque.
Metropolitan Magistrate AKM Azad delivered the order after a BNP lawmaker filed an attempt-to-murder case with the Dhaka Chief Metropolitan Magistrate's Court, accusing 25 policemen. The accused include Additional Deputy Commissioner Harun-or-Rashid and Assistant Commissioner of Mohammadpur zone Biplob Sarker.
Meanwhile, UK High Commissioner in Dhaka Stephen Evans and Jon Danilowicz, political and economic counsellor of the US Embassy in Dhaka, yesterday visited Farroque in the city's United Hospital, reports UNB. Farroque was admitted to the hospital on July 6 with severe head injuries.
The court yesterday also asked DMP Commissioner Benazir Ahmed to submit a report by August 10 on the development of the investigation.
The plaintiff, MP ABM Ashraf Uddin Nizan, from Laxmipur-4, in the case statement named 13 other BNP lawmakers including Syeda Afia Ashrafi Papia as witnesses.
In the complaint, Nizan said a total of 22 lawmakers led by Farroque brought out a procession on Manik Mia Avenue around 7:50am on the first day of the opposition-sponsored 48-hour hartal.
But two police officers along with their forces in a pre-planned way stopped them and hurled abuse at them. They also beat up the BNP leader leaving him seriously injured, says the case statement.
Sher-e-Bangla Nagar police after a few hours of the incident filed a case accusing 10 to 12 people including Farroque of assaulting policemen.
On Thursday, Nizan went to the police station to lodge a case against the two senior police officers in connection with the assault on Farroque, but police refused to record it.
He was told that as there was already a case against Farroque, they could not file the case without permission from the higher authorities.
Sanaullah Miah and Taherul Islam Towhid appeared for the complainant.
In a latest development yesterday, the DMP commissioner transferred the investigation charge of the case to the Detective Branch of police, said DMP sources.
Source : The Daily Star
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