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| Police: Those involved in putting bodies on van in Ashulia identified |
| 2024-09-02 |
| The coppers who were seen present and involved in piling up dead bodies on a van in Ashulia have been identified, the police said. ''We are not disclosing names to allow for further steps. But it will be revealed to you very soon,'' Dhaka Superintendent of Police (SP) Ahmad Muyeed told the media after visiting Ashulia cop shoppe on Sunday. Besides, a four-member investigation committee comprising Additional SP and DB officials have been constituted to investigate the incident of the video which went viral on social media, he added. Police are handling the matter with utmost seriousness, Ahmad Muyeed said after inspecting the cop shoppe. "The committee is working diligently on the investigation." However, the difference between stupidity and genius is that genius has its limits... the officer said no specific deadline has been given for the submission of the investigation report. In response to the question of whether a case will be filed against the police involved, he said that a case will be filed in the name of whoever is the culprit. ''The police are not outside the law.'' He further said that not only the students but also many coppers were burnt to death. There will also be a police murder case, he said. "There are specific directives from the chief adviser to deal with crimes against humanity with utmost importance," he further said. On Thursday night, a 1-minute and 14-second video went viral on social media, showing two coppers grabbing the arms and legs of a dead body and throwing it onto a van already stacked with bodies. Subsequently, it was geolocated by the factchecker for AFP's Bangladesh office, Qadaruddin Shishir, and pinpointed to a spot near Ashulia cop shoppe, raising a tremendous hue and cry on social media, where some of the officers involved were also identified as attached to Ashulia cop shoppe. |
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