Five cops among 6 sued on murder charge

A woman filed a case on Tuesday against six people, including five policemen, with the Senior Judicial Magistrate's Court of Jessore in connection with the killing of her husband.

Sheuli Begum, wife of slain Enamul Haque of Isali village in Jessore Sadar upazila, filed the case, accusing sub-inspectors Tapan and Russell, constables Ibrahim and Shahid of Isali police camp, sub-inspector Masud of Khajura police camp; and police informant Arun.

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Senior Judicial Magistrate Abu Ibrahim took the case into cognisance and ordered Jessore Police Bureau of Investigation (JPBI) to submit a report on the incident to his court.

According to the case statement, Isali and Khajura police jointly raided several houses of Isali and Mathurapur villages on October 9 and arrested Enamul Haque.

Later, Enamul's family members searched for him in several police stations and police camps, but failed to find him.

Family members found Enamul's body on October 10 at Jessore General Hospital morgue. Hospital sources said police had recovered the body from a rail track and sent it to the hospital for autopsy.

Police killed Enamul Haque after picking him up from his house and left the body on the rail track, family members alleged.