Two policemen sentenced for comforting freedom fighter Inu

❐ Staff Reporter

A letter has been sent to the DMP Commissioner to withdraw two police constables – Md. Jamal Hossain and Md. Solaiman Hossain – from the security duties of the tribunal and take departmental action against them for giving consoling words to Jatiya Samajtantrik Dal (JSD) president and former minister – freedom fighter Hasanul Haque Inu.

Yesterday, a letter signed by Mahmudul Hasan, Deputy Registrar of the International Crimes Tribunal, requested that departmental action be taken after investigating the allegations of breach of discipline against Constable Md. Jamal Hossain and Constable Md. Solaiman Hossain.

It is learned that on April 29, Constable Jamal and Constable Solaiman had various conversations while taking Hasanul Haque Inu, an accused in a case of alleged crimes against humanity, from the tribunal courtroom to the jail.

The plea for punishment was filed against them, calling this conversation ‘undisciplined behavior’. It was claimed that such conversation had created a threat to the security of the tribunal and the judicial proceedings.

As a result, a request was made to inform the tribunal after investigating and taking departmental action against them for breach of discipline.

In a video circulating on social media, two policemen are seen taking freedom fighter Hasanul Haque Inu from the courtroom of Tribunal-2 to the jail. He talks to them during this time. At one point, the two policemen can be heard saying, “Don’t get tense, we are here, sir.”

Hasanul Haque Inu is currently on trial in a case filed on eight charges, including the killing of six people in Kushtia during the so-called July Movement. Lawyer Munsurul Haque Chowdhury presented his arguments for the sixth day yesterday. Tribunal-2 has set May 4 as the next hearing date for the case.