BANGLADESH

The government has withdrawn an officer-in-charge of the Terokhada Police Station in Khulna district for allegedly molesting a housewife.

The action was taken against OC Mamun-or-Rashid on finding the allegation against him true after a preliminary investigation. He has been attached to the Khulna Police Line, Superintendent of Police (SP) Tanvir Haider Chowdhury told bdnews24.com on Sunday.

Another sub-inspector of the police station, Shafiqul Islam, has been appointed in place of Mamun.

SP Chowdhury said that Mamun molested the housewife of Kushala village of Terokhada upazila on Wednesday when she went to the police station to lodge a general diary.

Additional SP Imamur Rashid investigated into the incident.

Arrest Warrant Against ASP

Judge Mohammad Sadiqul Islam of the First Women and Children Repression Prevention Tribunal of Dhaka has issued an arrest warrant against Assistant Superintendent of Police (ASP) of Barisal Abul Kalam Azad in a case filed against him by his wife Anwar-e Taslima for torturing her demanding dowry.

Counsel of the plaintiff Advocate Raihan Morshed told bdnews24.com that the court also issued arrest warrants against the ASP and three of his relatives in the case since they did not appear before it in compliance with its previous order.

The court framed charges against the accused on Sunday and fixed July 10 to record the deposition.

According to the case details, Taslima and Azad got married in Oct 2010 following a relationship through social networking site facebook.

Taslima in her case claimed that her family paid Tk 800,000 to Azad in two phases after their marriage. Later, he demanded an additional Tk 200,000 on Oct 8 last year.

But as her family refused to pay the amount, Azad tried to kill her by pouring a toilet cleaner in her mouth.

Police on Sunday withdrew two Officers-in-Charge on charge of negligence of duty as Parliament's Whip Sheikh Abdul Wohab was assaulted in the district.

Jessore Superintendent of Police (SP) Kamrul Ahsan told bdnews24.com that Abhaynagar's OC Ahsan Habib and Monirampur's OC Mohammad Soyer Uddin were sent to the office of Khulna Deputy Inspector General.

Wohab, also the ruling Awami League's Jessore-6 MP, was assaulted on Saturday morning when he went to visit the TRM project related to river management at Abhaynagar's Bilkapalia area, his electoral constituency.

Several others including six police officials and Abhaynagar Upazila Chairman Abdul Malek were also injured in the attack. At least 11 vehicles, including one of police, were vandalised and torched.

Jessore Additional SP Jakir Hossain told bdnews24.com that allegations of police's negligence during the attack will be investigated.

Wohab, however, told : "Police acted like spectators watching us when we were attacked."

He said Assistant SP Abul Kalam Azad and OCs of Abhaynagar and Monirampur police were also present at the scene. "They did not even protect me even when I asked for help."

Wohab will speak at a news conference at 8pm Sunday at the Jessore Circuit House on the attack.

Journalist Kamrul Islam, who was travelling with the Whip, on Saturday had told bdnews24.com that some unknown assailants launched the attack.

He added that it was suspected that a particular quarter opposing the TRM project might have carried out the attack.