An assistant commissioner (AC) of Rajshahi Metropolitan Police (RMP) and seven other police personnel were arrested at the Police Lines here yesterday morning, hours after an extortion case was filed against them.
They arrestees were sent to jail after police produced them in a metropolitan magistrate's court seeking a seven-day remand for them. The court will hear the remand prayer today.
The eight cops are AC Towfiqul Islam, Masud Rana and Matiar Rahman, sub-inspectors of Rajpara Police Station, and constables Atiqur Rahman, Golam Mortuza, Sujan and Islam Ali, and driver Akter Hossain.
Rajpara police recorded the extortion case following a probe into a complaint lodged with the RMP commissioner five days back, the officer-in-charge (OC) of the police station said yesterday.
A three-member probe body interrogated the eight accused, complainant Dr Rafiq Basunia and his family members, and submitted its report on Saturday.
Earlier on August 18, a primary probe report by RMP Special Branch said the police personnel were found involved in an extortion.
In his complaint, Basunia said the AC along with the other policemen went to his house at Laxmipur in the city in the evening of August 17 and told him they would search his house as he illegally stored Indian garlic.
Then they realised Tk 1 lakh from him, promising they would not harass him anymore.
Basunia first informed the matter to the assistant superintendent of police, who reported it to RMP Commissioner M Obaidullah.
Following the primary probe report, Towfiqul was closed at the RMP headquarters and the seven others were suspended.
The commissioner had earlier said since the AC is a class one officer, the local administration cannot take any action against him. So, the probe reports and other relevant papers were sent to Dhaka headquarters for necessary action.
Source : The Daliy Star
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