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Khilgaon OC taken off over killing in custody charge

Locals observe half-day hartal

STAFF CORRESPONDENT
The officer-in-charge (OC) of Khilgaon Police Station was withdrawn yesterday following an allegation of torturing a young man to death in police custody.
"I have issued an order for withdrawal of Entejar Rahman in the afternoon," Commissioner of Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) Ashraful Huda said.
"Actions would have been taken against him had the one-member probe body that I formed in the morning found him guilty," the
commissioner said.
Additional DMP Commissioner Mizanur Rahman is the lone member of the body.
"I am expecting to get the probe report tonight," Huda told The Daily Star.
Sub-Inspector of the Detective Branch of Police Arman Ali was yesterday appointed the OC of Khilgaon Police Station yesterday.
Locals of Meradia observed a half-day hartal in the area yesterday, protesting the death of Shakil Ahmed Chowdhury Sumon, who was a resident of the locality, in Khilgaon police custody. They demanded punishment to the officer-in-charge (OC) and others responsible.
Shopkeepers in ward No. 26 (Meradia, Shepahibagh and Goran) of Dhaka City Corporation kept their shutters down from 8:00am to 1:00pm to press their demands.
During the hartal hours, the locals took out a protest procession.
Sumon's family reiterated that they would file cases against Entejar Rahman and some other policemen of Khilgaon Police Station on charge of torturing Sumon to death.
"We'll definitely file the cases soon. I won't spare the killers of my son," said Sumon's mother Noorjahan Begum.
Khilgaon police arrested Sumon and four others during an alleged robbery attempt at house Kha/20 at Malibagh Chowdhurypara Thursday night. The four were allegedly carrying three firearms and some lethal weapons.
Police claimed that Sumon jumped to the ground from the roof of a six-storey building to escape arrest and a mob beat him and others up. But, an autopsy report prepared by a medical board did not find evidence to corroborate the police version that the young man died from wounds he had suffered due to the jump.
Sumon's parents alleged that the OC and some other policemen tortured their son to death as they failed to pay the policemen Tk 1 lakh, which they had demanded. The OC denied the allegation.
Main opposition Awami League's Organising Secretary Saber Hossain Chowdhury visited the Meradia house of Sumon and consoled his family members.
A three-member delegation of AL lawmakers will also visit the residence of Sumon this morning.