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Rayhan’s death in custody: PBI press charges against ex-SI Akbar, 5 others
Rayhan Ahmed. Photo: Collected Star Digital Report Star Digital Report
The Police Bureau of Investigation (PBI) submitted a charge-sheet today against six people, including five police officials, in a case filed in connection with the custodial killing of Rayhan Ahmed.
PBI Special Superintendent Mohammad Khaled-uz-Zaman confirmed the progress today and said that the charge-sheet was submitted to the prosecution section of the police, who will place it in a virtual court today.
Among the accused, all except Noman are in jail.
Rayhan Ahmed, 33, a youth of Neharipara area in Sylhet city, was tortured at Sylhet s Bandarbazar Police Outpost on early October 11 and died an hour after he was admitted to Sylhet MAG Osmani Medical Hospital by police personnel.
WHAT S IN THE CHARGE-SHEET
The 1,962-page charge sheet listed 69 witnesses, among them, seven police personnel and three others already testified before the court as witnesses under section-164 of the Penal Code, said PBI Special Superintendent Mohammad Khaled-uz-Zaman at a press conference yesterday.
He said, As per the investigation, the detention of Rayhan and torture in the outpost was not pre-planned. That night, two locals named Saidul Sheikh and Ratan Sheikh went to Kasthoghar area to buy yaba pills; there they locked into an altercation with the sellers and Rayhan was there with the yaba sellers too.