DMP assistant commissioner among 8 sued for murder of US citizen

Eight people, including an assistant commissioner of Dhaka Metropolitan Police and a sub-inspector, were sued yesterday in a murder case of a US citizen.

The accused are DMP's Gulshan Division AC Mohammad Toyasir Jahan, Bhatara Police Station SI Mohammad Moshiur, Suzana Tabassum Salam, Md Aftab, Md Shakhawat, Md Aswad, Kamrul Haque and Md Ripon.

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Shamimun Nahar Lipi, mother of the victim and also a US citizen, filed the case at Dhaka Metropolitan Magistrate Arafatul Rakib's court, alleging that the accused, in collusion with each other, killed her son Safayet Mahabub Faraijee in a pre-planned manner and destroyed all the evidence.

After a hearing, the court recorded the statements of the plaintiff and directed the Police Bureau of Investigation to probe the matter and submit a report before it by March 9.

According to the case details, the body of the victim was discovered from the Nova Monjeel of Bhatara area in the capital around 6:00 pm on December 26 last year, after he went out with the accused -- Suzana, Aftab, Shakhawat and Aswad -- on the same day.

AC Toyasir and SI Moshiur on January 3 of this year, threatened Shamimun Nahar not to file any case when she went to Bhatara Police Station to file the case over her son's death, added the case statement.