<i>Anjuara suffers in jail for 'mistaken' identity</i>
Anjuara Begum of Nisindhara Paikpara in the district town has been languishing in the prison for the last three months as police detained her allegedly because of mistaken identity.
On August 3 this year, Anjuara was arrested near her residence while she was returning from Shaheed Zaiur Rahman Medical College and Hospital.
Mother of two children, Anjuara, 45, is the wife of late Dudu Sheikh of Nisindhara Paikpara. She married Abdul Aziz of the same area after the death of her first husband.
A team of police, led by Sub-Inspector Imran Kabir of Bogra Sadar PS, arrested Anjuara and showed her as Laily Begum before being sent to jail.
Laily was wife of another Dudu Mia alias Budu Mia alias Azad of Charmatha Nisodhara of the town and accused in four cases filed with three police stations in the region.
Police filed four cases against Laily under Narcotic Act -- one in 2003 with Bogra Sadar police station, another in 2005 with Natore Sadar police station, and in 2008 two other cases with Panchbibi police station in Joypurhat district.
Warrants were issued against Laily and the address of the warrants was either Sultangonjpara or Nisindhara.
Contacted, local ward councilor Harunur Rashid said that police arrested Anjuara not Laily.
Bangladesh Legal Aid and Services Trust (BLAST) representative Advocate Husne Nur Rashid said they checked the documents and national identity card of the victim and found that the arrestee was Anjuara, not accused Laily.
We are working to secure the victim's release as soon as possible, said the BLAST representative.
Contacted Superin-tendent of Police (SP), Bogra Mozzammel Haque said that the case is under investigation.
If Anjuara has been arrested for mistaken identity, departmental action would be taken against the responsible police officer, the SP said.
Sub-Inspector Imran, however, claimed the arrestee is a professional drug peddler who changes her name time to time.
The case was filed in 2003, whereas the national identity card of Anjuara was issued in 2005. So she might have changed her name to evade arrest, said SI Imran.
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