A victim was threatened by the officer-in-charge (OC) after coming to file a complaint at the capital's Mohammadpur police station. In response to such threats by the OC, residents of the Mohammadpur area took a stand in front of the police station and strongly demanded legal action against him, including the removal of the OC.
On Thursday (January 23) at 12 noon, residents took a stand in front of the Mohammadpur police station and made this demand.
It is learned that the OC of Mohammadpur police station took an emergency 5-day leave and left the police station on Thursday morning after hearing the news of the local people's protest.
It is learned that Babul Akhter Babu, an Awami League leader who fled from Jatrabari after August 5, came to the Mohammadpur area and took refuge. He was looking after the business establishment of a former army officer he knew. Suddenly, the Awami League leader took over the business establishment. When he filed a written complaint with the police station in this incident, the OC threatened the victim by siding with the Awami League leader.
In addition, it is also known that after the arrest of Sarwar Khalid, MD of Silicon City, which was built by occupying canals and was accused in multiple murder cases during the anti-discrimination movement, he was sent to court in just one case with a large sum of money. In addition, he took about Tk. 50 thousand from Shamim Company of Basila Garden City and crossed Basila Bridge without arresting Shamim. In addition, after arresting top drug dealers Bunia Sohel and Chua Selim of Geneva Camp, he took a large sum of money from them. Local residents took a stand in front of the police station with various such allegations.
The victim, retired former army officer Alamgir Kabir, said that after Sheikh Hasina fled on August 5, an Awami League leader from Jatrabari took over my business establishment. He used to do business with me at one time. But since there were many anti-discrimination murder cases against him, he requested me to come to my establishment in this area and take care of it. After I gave him the responsibility, he plotted to take over my business establishment with the OC. After I filed a written complaint with the police station, the police did not help me, but the investigating officer, ASI Hasan, met me and took Tk. 1,500. Even after that, when I went to talk to the OC at the police station along with the local residents, the OC, taking the side of the Awami League leader, shouted loudly in front of 15-20 residents and told me that if I gave him 5-10 thousand taka, the area would be destroyed by a gang of teenagers. But I don't understand why you are still angry. If a responsible person like the OC makes such threatening statements, where can we ordinary people go? The OC's statement clearly shows that he has connections with the terrorist forces in the area. He uses them to commit various crimes. Local resident Parvez Hasan Sumon, who took a stand in front of the police station in this incident, said that the victims did not get any legal help even after filing a complaint with the police station. Because the OC extorted money in this area in collusion with the Awami League leaders and various drug dealers. Besides, he has built an empire of crime throughout the area. How can a victim who seeks legal assistance from a police station in a responsible place in such a crime-prone area be threatened with being hacked and injured by a gang of juveniles for 5-10 thousand taka?
Another resident in front of the police station, Jasim Uddin, said that instead of working for the residents, the OC has started extorting money in collaboration with various Awami League leaders and extortionists. The victims are being harassed by coming to the police station to seek services. After filing a complaint at the police station, the investigating officer and the OC get together and take money from the other party through their own sources and harass them instead of providing any legal assistance. If an OC on duty threatens a victim who has come to seek services and says, "If you give 5-10 thousand taka, they will hack you. Why haven't you been hacked yet?" How can an OC say such a thing? Such an incompetent and terrorist-supporting OC should be removed immediately and legal action should be taken against him immediately.
After standing in front of the police station, the residents entered the police station to talk to the OC. At that time, a man named Pavel threatened the residents by claiming to be close to the OC. Earlier, he was threatened by a phone call last night not to go against the OC. When the residents spoke to the OC directly about this, they found that the OC was not in his room. He left the police station this morning after hearing about the locals' presence in front of the police station. At that time, the residents talked to the Assistant Police Commissioner (AC) of Mohammadpur Zone of Tejgaon Division, Tarek Sekandar, at the police station about the various misdeeds of the OC. The police officer advised them to file a written complaint about the matter.