Four policemen were closed in connection with the incident of burning of a tea vendor to death in Mirpur of Dhaka last night.
“Four policemen
have been closed. An investigation is going on against them. Action will
be taken against them as per the report,” Kayumuzzaman Khan, deputy
commission (Mirpur division) of Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP), told
The Daily Star.
Tea vendor Babul
Matabbar suffered severe burns as he fell on a kerosene stove after
allegedly being pushed by a police source accompanied by some cops out
to pick him up from his stall around 9:30pm.
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The four are: Sub-Inspector Mominur Rahman, SI Niazuddin Mollah,
Assistant Sub-Inspector Jogendranath and constable Jashimuddin of Shah
Ali Police Station in Dhaka.
Police formed two committees – one led by Additional Deputy
Commissioner (Mirpur division) Masud Ahmed and the other by Deputy
Commissioner (Discipline) of DMP Tutul Chakrabarty – to investigate the
incident.
The policemen, who were on duty in that area at the time of
occurrence, were closed in the interest of fair investigations, Maruf
Hossain Sorder, deputy commissioner (media) DMP, told reporters at his
office.
The incident took place last night when a police source named
Delowar, allegedly accompanied some policeman, paid a visit to Babul’s
tea shop.
Babul’s wife Lucky Begum, who claimed to be on the spot at the time,
said they demanded money. A refusal to pay led to a scuffle which ended
up Babul being pushed on to the stove.
He was immediately rushed to Dhaka Medical College Hospital’s burn unit where he died around 1:30pm today.
