Six policemen on remand for 'abduction'

A Chattogram court on Tuesday granted two-day remand of six members of Chattogram Metropolitan Police (CMP) arrested in a case accusing them of abducting a man from Anowara, threatening to kill him and extorting money.

Senior Judicial Magistrate Shahidulah Kaisar as granted the remand order after the investigative officer of the case sought seven days to interrogate them, District police Inspector (prosecution) Md Humayun Kabir said, reports UNB.

The accused are: CMP Commissioner’s bodyguard Constable Morshed Billah, CMP deputy commissioner’s bodyguard Constable Md Masud, Constable Shakil khan, Constable Eskandar Hossain, Constable Monirul Islam and Constable Abdul Nabi.

On Feb 2, the accused policemen were arrested from the CMP headquarter and later sent to jail.

On Feb 3, eight men on motorcycles, wearing DB police jackets abducted one Abdul Mannan from Purba Bairag village. They claimed that Mannan is accused in many cases and demanded Tk 10 lakh. They freed him after receiving Tk 180,000.

Mannan filed a case with Anowara Police Station against the policemen later in this connection.