Aug 29 Killing of Elderly Man in Habiganj
4 DB men, 2 others sued
Wife of Nurul Islam, who was killed allegedly in firing by the Detective Branch (DB) of police at remote Alinagar village in Madhabpur upazila of Habiganj district on Sunday night, yesterday filed a case against four DB men and two alleged drug peddlers in connection with the killing.
Following the case filed by Jarina Khatun, wife of the deceased, with the Judicial Magistrate's Court in Habiganj, Magistrate Rajib Biswas ordered the officer in charge of Madhabpur Police station to take legal action.
The accused are Sub-Inspector Syed Belayet Hossain, constables Zahid Hossain, Mahfuzur Rahman and Anisur Rahman, and alleged dug peddlers Ataur Rahman and Shahin Miah.
Madhabpur upazila Chairman Zakir Hossain Chowdhury Asim, Dharmaghar union parishad (UP) Chairman Shamsul Islam and 19 others have been made witnesses in the case.
The complainant in her case stated that the locals recently asked drug peddlers Ataur Rahman and Shahin not to run the illegal business in the area but the two men reacted to it and threatened Zebu Miah and others with serious consequences.
Consequently, Ataur managed the DB team and took them to Zebu's house at about 11:30pm on August 29, she said.
"As the team attempted to pick up Zebu, his father Nurul Islam, 60, asked them not to arrest his son without warrant. He also said Zebu would be handed over to them, in presence of the upazila chairman and the UP chairman, if he was guilty. But the BD men ignored the request and suddenly opened fire, causing injuries to Nurul Islam. He was rushed to Madhabpur upazila health complex where doctors declared him dead.
"I tried to file a case with Madhabur police station, but the police did not accept it. They threatened my son and other relatives not to proceed for legal action. They also pressed the UP chairman to divert the murder case. Still the accused are active to suppress the murder," said the complainant.
Hours after the killing, DB Sub-Inspector Belayet filed a case accusing Nurul Islam, Zebu Miah, their neighbour and relative retired army man Enamul Haque, and 20-25 others on charge of assault on police.
UP Chairman Shamsul Islam, who filed an unnatural death (UD) case with the PS the same day, later said the police pressed him to put signature on a plain sheet, which was used for starting the UD case.
"They picked me up from my home and asked me to sign. I was just blackmailed. I informed the upazila chairman and the SP of the matter," he said.
Madhabpur OC Sheikh Kabirul Islam denied the allegation.
Meanwhile, a three-men committee headed by Zillur Rahman, the additional SP of Habiganj, filed their report to the SP on Tuesday, stating that the claim of DB men was correct and police was compelled to open fire as the arrestee's men attacked them.
An uneasy calm is prevailing at Alinagar village as most of the male people have gone into hiding to evade mass arrest in the police assault case, locals said.
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