Alleged Torture on Ex-Army Man
ASI Lutfar surrenders to court, sent to jail
Retired army man Tayebur Rahman undergoing treatment at Magura Sadar Hospital on September 11 as assistant sub-inspector Lutfar Rahman, inset, brutally tortured him following a trivial matter at Babukhali village in Mohammadpur upazila of Magura district. FILE PHOTO: STAR
An assistant sub-inspector (ASI) of police, who was sued on charge of torturing a retired army man on September 14, 2009, was sent to jail yesterday. ASI Lutfar Rahman, also the former in-charge of Babukhali police camp under Mohammadpur upazila, surrendered before the court with a bail prayer 139 days after issuance of arrest warrant against him. Senior Judicial Magistrate Abu Bakar rejected the bail prayer and sent him to jail. On February 10, the court ordered attachment of property of the policeman as he did not surrender to the court even after issuance of arrest warrant following a case filed by the victim's wife Halima Khatun. Halima filed the case with Judicial Magistrate's Court, Magura, on September 14 after ASI Lutfar Rahman and constable Mohammad Murad Hossain tortured her husband Tayebur Rahman, a retired army man, at Babukhali police camp on September 10. The court issued arrest warrants against ASI Lutfar and constable Murad the same day. In the case statement, Halima said ASI Lutfar arrived at their house adjacent to the police camp at 8:30am and interfered in a quarrel between her and her husband. “As her husband protested ASI Lutfar's interference, he returned to the camp threatening him with dire consequences. After a while, ASI Lutfar along with constable Murad came to the house and forcibly took Tayebur to the camp, she said. Halima further stated that the ASI and constable Murad beat up her husband severely and uprooted nails of his toes with forceps. Following agitation of local people, the then ASP of Magura Mihir Kumar Das rushed to Babukhali police camp, assured locals of proper action and sent the victim to Magura Sadar Hospital. The victim was later shifted to Combined Military Hospital in Jessore for better treatment. ASI Lutfar was later suspended and closed to Magura Police Lines. His suspension was however withdrawn by the department concerned on November 7, 2009 and he joined the reserve office at Magura Police Lines. Constable Murad has been absconding since filing of the case.
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