Six police officers were closed to Jamalpur Police Lines yesterday for alleged misconduct while arresting four accused from a hospital in Sarishabari of Jamalpur the day before.
The closed officers of Sarishabari Police Station are sub-inspectors Saiful Islam, Momtaz Uddin, Altaf Hossain and Wazed Ali; and constables Mozammel Haque and Sathi Akter, said Officer-in-Charge Mir Rakibul Haque.
The action came after a video that showed one Abdul Jalil being dragged out of a hospital by police went viral on the social media on Tuesday, he added.
Departmental probe into the issue has started, he further said.
Locals said there has been a long-standing dispute over 20 decimals of land between Abdul Jalil (64), who seeks alms to make a living, and his neighbour Mujibur Rahman from Bausi Bazar in Sarishabari municipality.
Recently, Mujibur, an influential person, claimed ownership of the land and he along with his men went there on Monday. He got into an altercation with Jalil and, at one stage, the group attacked Jalil and his family, said the victims.
Later, Jalil, his wife Laily Begum (50), and sons Abu Bakar Siddique (30) and Wayez Koroni (25) were rushed to Sarishabari Upazila Health Complex.
Immediately after incident, Mujibur filed a case with the police station, accusing 15 including the four injured. Police, however, did not take the complaint of Jalil’s family that day, according to the victims. OC Rakibul denied the claim.
The OC said Jalil’s elder brother Julhash Uddin filed a counter case accusing nine persons on Tuesday night, a day after the incident, and police arrested two persons including Mujibur early yesterday.
A Jamalpur court sent Jalil and his family members to jail after police arrested them from the hospital on Tuesday, said the officer.
Dr Debashish Rajbongshi, resident medical officer of the health complex, said police arrested the injured after they were discharged. But the law enforcers did not take permission from the hospital authorities while arresting.
