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Death by ‘police torture’
A witness GNC driver described what happened that night to Raihan, a young man who died in “police torture.” The driver and another accomplice were patrolling that night in two CNG automatic vehicles with two police teams from the Bandar Bazar outpost in Sylhet. The police took Raihan to the outpost in an autorickshaw.
The autorickshaw driver, who did not want to be named, told the media that police removed Raihan from a sweeper room in the forested area of Sylhet on Saturday night (October 12). Earlier, two unidentified men went to the police in front of the Mashrafee restaurant in the city and reported to the police that a robbery had occurred in the alley of the wooden house.
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The autorickshaw driver said police went and called Raihan out of a street sweeper’s room. No robberies or massacres were reported. The police pulled Raihan out of the alley and into the outpost in a second autorickshaw. Raihan was in a healthy body then. Raihan had an argument with the police and said, “I am not a thief or a criminal.”
After Raihan was taken inside the police outpost, two autorickshaw drivers waited outside the outpost. Later in the morning, Raihan was taken to Osmani Hospital in an autorickshaw by one of the two drivers in critical condition.
The autorickshaw driver added that Raihan’s condition worsened after he was taken to the hospital and given oxygen. Earlier, while pulling Raihan out of the outpost, the driver saw signs of injuries below the knees and fingers. At that moment, the driver heard two police officers say: ‘Someone kills someone so ruthlessly.’
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After the incident, the family complained against the police and Raihan died due to police torture. Later that night, Raihan’s wife, Tahmina Akhter Tani, presented a case.
Four people, including SI Akbar Hossain Bhuiyan, in charge of the Bandar Bazar outpost, were suspended and three others were removed.
The deceased was identified as Raihan Akhalia, son of the late Rafiqul Islam of Neharipara. Raihan used to work at a diagnostic center at Stadium Market in Sylhet town. He also performed his duties as usual on Saturday. His family members were concerned that he would not come home that night.
The deceased’s uncle. Habibullah said that around 4 in the morning, Raihan called a policeman on his mother’s mobile phone and told him: “Save me, come to the outpost with 10,000 rupees.”
Relatives later confirmed that Raihan had been detained at the Bandar Bazar outpost.
Maryland. Habibullah claimed that after performing the Fajr prayers at the Kudrat Ullah Jame mosque, when he went to look for Raihan at the nearby outpost, the officer on duty informed him: ‘Everyone is asleep. Come in the morning. At that time they asked him to come to the outpost with 10 lakhs.
The victim’s uncle said that after collecting 5,000 rupees, he went to the outpost and the police said that Raihan was ill. Go to Osmani Medical. Then he came to the morgue of the medical hospital and saw Raihan’s body. The incident sparked protests in the city.
Habibullah said Raihan had bruises on various parts of his body, including the soles of his feet and under his knees. The nails have been removed. He also alleged that the police tortured and killed him inside the outpost.
Meanwhile, the head of the forensic department at Sylhet MAG Osmani Medical College Hospital, Dr. Raihan died due to additional injuries to his body. Shamsul Islam. He told reporters after the second autopsy.
Dr. Shamsul said that many wound marks were found on Raihan’s body. He was severely beaten. All of these reasons can lead to your death. However, when the autopsy report arrives, the details can be told.
Ittefaq / ZH
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