To assure that an accused of a murder case would not be inconvenienced during remand, a sub-inspector of Jatrabari police station demanded Tk 5 lakh from the person’s family.
SI Mukit Hossain — an investigation officer of the murder case of transport worker Imran Hossain — demanded the money from accused Uzzal Mollah’s family, according to sources.
The Daily Star has obtained the audio and chat screenshots of a conversation between Mukit and the family members.
Uzzal was arrested and produced before the court for remand on Thursday, after Imran was killed on January 23 in Jatrabari’s Kutubkhali area.
Popy Akter, the wife of the deceased, filed a case against Dhaka South City Corporation ward-50 councillor Masum Mollah and 22 others.
Masum, uncle-in-law of Uzzal, is currently on the run, while Uzzal is now on a three-day police remand.
In the audio conversation, Mukit, Uzzal and his mother-in-law were heard discussing the money required to keep Uzzal well taken care of. During the talk, Uzzal was heard telling the family to pay the officer.
In the audio conversation, Mukit, Uzzal and his mother-in-law were heard discussing the money required to keep Uzzal well taken care of. During the talk, Uzzal was heard telling the family to pay the officer.
In the audio conversation, Mukit, Uzzal and his mother-in-law were heard discussing the money required to keep Uzzal well taken care of. During the talk, Uzzal was heard telling the family to pay the officer.
At the time, Uzzal’s wife was heard talking about where and how to meet Mukit. Mukit was then heard saying, “You come when we call you.”
The phone line was then disconnected.
Sources said Uzzal was brought to Jatrabari police station compound on Thursday at noon, where he got the scope to meet his wife and his mother-in-law.
The family then handed over around Tk 40,000 to the IO, but he demanded Tk 5 lakh, they added.
Asked about demanding money, Mukit told The Daily Star yesterday that it is Uzzal’s family who tried to communicate with him to “keep him well” during remand.
“The claim about demanding money is baseless,” he said. Mukit then asked who informed this newspaper about this.
“Once an incident happens, people try to do many things. The family wanted to meet, and I told them to follow the rules,” the official added.
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