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Raihan’s mother, Salma Begum, who died under police torture, went on a hunger strike in front of the Sylhet Port Bazar outpost yesterday demanding the arrest and execution of her son’s murderers. Photo: Kaler Kantho
“My son was brutally tortured to death at this outpost. My son died at this outpost. I came here today too. Let me be tortured and killed here too. Salma Begum, the mother of Raihan Ahmed, who died in police custody, went on a hunger strike in front of the Bandar Bazar police post in Sylhet to demand the arrest and trial of her son’s killers.
Raihan’s mother and relatives went on a hunger strike in front of the outpost on Sunday and were joined by a large number of people. At one point, the agitated crowd blocked the Bandar Bazar road around 3:30 pm. Later, the mayor of Sylhet City Corporation came to the scene and broke Raihan’s mother’s fast. The mayor said he would discuss the matter with the interior minister and the foreign minister. Even after this, if the killers are not arrested, he also announced that he will join the movement.
On the other hand, after a five-day pre-trial detention in the Raihan murder case, the police officer Titu Chandra Das was presented in court yesterday and sent to prison for another three days by the investigating agency, the Bureau of Investigation. of the Police (PBI). Additionally, the agency arrested another person named Sheikh Saidur as a suspect in the incident. It was Saidur who accused Raihan of stealing.
Raihan Ahmed’s mother went on a hunger strike in front of the Bandar Bazar police post around 11:15 am yesterday. Near her lap was “My son in the grave / Why is the murderer out?” Written motto festoon. Many of Raihan’s family and friends also joined the hunger strike. They also had garlands in hand.
During the hunger strike, Raihan’s mother said: “Although it has been 15 days since the murder of my son, the police have not yet arrested the main killer SI Akbar.” Others implicated have also been placed in police ranks. Not to be arrested. But if the defendants were ordinary people instead of policemen, they would have been arrested in so many days. I will continue my hunger strike until those involved in the murder of my son, including Akbar, are arrested.
Sheriff Titu returned to pre-trial detention: Police officer Titu Chandra Das detained for three days in Raihan murder case After a five-day pre-trial detention, yesterday he was brought before the court of the additional chief metropolitan magistrate Ziadur Rahman of Sylhet. As Titu refused to testify in court, the investigating officer of the case requested that he be placed in preventive detention for another five days. The court granted a preventive detention of three days after the hearing.
Inspector Mohidul Islam, PBI Sylhet Investigative Officer, said: “When asked to testify under section 164, he did not. The court granted three days of preventive detention to the PBI.
Titu and Harunur Rashid, policemen from the Bandar Bazar outpost, were named as one of the torturers in the statements of three policemen given to the court earlier. The PBI also arrested Agent Harunur Rashid on Saturday and placed him in preventive detention for five days.
Another Suspect Arrested: The PBI arrested another man named Sheikh Saidur as a suspect in Raihan’s murder. He was arrested yesterday and sent to court under section 54.
According to PBI sources, Sheikh Saidur Rahman had accused Raihan of kidnapping prior to his arrest. He was arrested as a suspect for questioning the veracity of the accusations.
Three police officers testified in court as eyewitnesses that there were two other people in addition to the police when Raihan was tortured. Saidur Rahman, who was in charge of the sentry that night, said in his statement that the incident took place in the office of the secretary of the outpost. Delwar Hossain approached the door of the room and saw that SI Akbar had a thick stick in his hand. He is sitting in the chair. A man handcuffed to his feet. There he saw two unidentified people with the police. Seeing Delwar, Akbar said, “Go ahead.” Then he stood guard at the sentry post.
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