Two policemen beaten up on extortion charges, police demand to be framed

District Correspondent

Two police constables of Durgapur police station in Rajshahi were arrested and lynched by a mob while trying to extort money in plain clothes. Upon receiving the information, the police station rescued the two police constables and took them into custody. After the incident, the two accused police constables have been attached to the police line (closed).

The accused police members are Imran Ali, driver of Durgapur Police Station’s emergency service Triple Nine, and Majed Hossain, the police station’s computer operator.

The incident took place yesterday afternoon in Shyampur village of Durgapur upazila of Rajshahi.

Eyewitnesses said that Sajeeb Ahmed (25), son of Abu Bakkar of Shyampur village in the upazila, is involved in online casinos. Based on such allegations, the two accused police constables demanded a large sum of money from Sajeeb. Otherwise, they threatened to arrest Sajeeb and take him to the police station.

If the matter is suspicious to the locals, they want to know the identities of the two accused police constables.

At one stage, the two accused police constables got into a brawl with the locals. At that time, the locals thrashed the two police constables and informed the police station. Upon receiving the information, a team of the police station rescued the two accused police constables and took them into custody.

Locals said that on Tuesday afternoon, Constables Imran and Majed went to Shyampur area, posing as police officers, called Sajeeb, threatened him with arrest at a secluded place, and demanded a large sum of money.

When the locals found out about the incident, they asked the two policemen to identify them. But they were unable to immediately confirm their police identity as they did not have ID cards.

Durgapur Police Station Inspector (Investigation) Rafiqul Islam said that the two constables were rescued and taken into police custody immediately after the incident. When the matter was reported to higher officials, the two accused police constables were closed to the police line.

A senior district police official said that a departmental case will be filed against the two accused policemen. Legal action will be taken if they are found guilty during the investigation.

However, among the accused, police constable Imran Ali denied the allegations and said, “We have been framed on false charges. I do not know that boy (Sajeeb). He called me. We did not go to arrest him or did anything.”