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| Police killed him for publishing corruption news, alleges family |
| 2014-03-04 |
| [Dhaka Tribune] Family members of journalist Shah Alam Sarkar, who worked at local magazines, yesterday alleged that he had been killed by officials of Uttara west cop shoppe for publishing a news report on corruption by an influential person. They also brushed aside the police's claim that Shah Alam had died on Sunday evening falling from the rooftop of the cop shoppe as he wanted to flee from the police custody. "Shah Alam had no cases against him, so why would he want to escape? This is nothing but a pre-planned killing of police," the victim's elder brother Kamal Mollah said yesterday. Shah Alam, 36, used to work at little-known local magazines and newspapers named "Aparadh Daman," "Asia Barta" and "PhotoJatra." Talking to the Dhaka Tribune at Dhaka Medical College morgue, Kamal said police were involved in killing his brother "as when we went to the cop shoppe for filing a case, they not only rejected to take our complaint but also forced us to leave the station." Shah Alam published a corruption report against Uttara Trust College Principal Bashir Uddin Ahmed recently. Following this, police called him at the station and killed him after torture, Kamal said. Contacted, Nisarul Arif, deputy commissioner of police (Uttara division), told the Dhaka Tribune that following the report, Principal Bashir filed a general diary with the cop shoppe. The investigation officer of the GD called both of them at the cop shoppe on Sunday for enquiry. When the IO started interrogating both of them, Shah Alam suspected that he might be incarcerated I ain't sayin' nuttin' widdout me mout'piece! . He ran to the rooftop of the building and tried to get down using a pipe. But he fell down and was struck down in his prime, said Nisarul. On the other hand, the first information report (FIR) of police mentioned that Shah Alam died falling from the sunshade of the building's seventh floor as he tried to escape from the cop shoppe using the space created for air condition. Kamal also said there were marks of injury on the victim's knees and hands "which clearly means that he was tortured by the police." |
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