<i>What really killed Nazrul?</i>
Family members of a middle aged person, who died while undergoing treatment at Khulna Medical College Hospital on Saturday night, have alleged that brutal torture by police led to his death.
Protesting the incident, the victim's family members and relatives barricaded Rampal-Mongla highway for half an hour yesterday.
The deceased is Nazrul Islam Panchayet, 50, son of late Nurul Islam Panchayet of Gabbunia village under Rampal upazila in Bagerhat district.
Family members said Safayera Begum, wife of Nazrul's younger brother Sofrul Islam, lodged a written complaint with Rampal police station against Sofrul and police went to his house on Saturday morning.
Not finding Sofrul at home, police took his elder brother Nazrul to the police station and beat him severely, making him sick, they said, adding that police took him to Rampal Jhanjhania health complex.
As his condition was deteriorating, Nazrul was shifted to Khulna Medical College Hospital where he died the same night.
Denying the allegation of torture on Nazrul, Rampal police station officer-in-charge Shahidul Islam said, "As Sofrul was not at home, his brother Nazrul came to the police station on Saturday and requested us to settle the matter. He left the police station after promising that he would give Safayera Tk 500 to arrange food for her three children."
While returning home from the police station, Nazrul was hit by a motorised three-wheeler (locally known as tempo) in Khamkhealir More area and lay unconscious on the road from where locals took him to Jhanjhania health complex, the OC said.
Dr Bimal Krishna Bain, family planning officer of the Jhanjhania health complex, said locals brought Nazrul to the health complex at around 11:00am on Saturday as he was hurt on the back of the head after being hit by a tempo. No other injury mark was seen on his body, he added.
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