It is unbelievable the victims of dacoity are tortured

Police brutally tortured the victims of a robbery case in Dhamrai after they had gone to the police to lodge a complaint. Instead of giving support to the victims, police became offenders. According to a report published in a national daily, the robbery victim, Godadhar Malo, filed the case with Dhamrai Police Station on June 18, accusing five to six unnamed individuals of entering his house and taking away cash, gold jewellery, and other valuables. About a month later, the Detective Branch of police got the charge to investigate the case, and on September 6, the officers asked Godadhar’s daughter-in-law Shyamoli Haldar Rupa and her 14-year-old son Diganta Halder to go to the office of Dhaka District (north) DB in Savar.
Rupa alleged that DB officers beat her mercilessly and forced them to admit their involvement with the robbery. The DB men strung Rupa’s son by his hands from the ceiling and beat for a day that forced her to admit whatever they wanted. The DB officials extorted Tk 1.50 lakh in bribes for her release on September 9. After the robbery case was filed on June 18, police detained a local man as a possible suspect and released him two days later.
On September 8, Shyamol and several other family members met Md Asaduzzaman, the Superintendent of Dhaka district police, and told him what was happening. Referred by the SP, they met Additional SP (DB) Mobashera Habib Khan. Mobashera asked the DB officers to appear at her office with Rupa. When they did, Mobashera scolded the DB officers for torturing Rupa but asked her not to withdraw her confessional statement.
Police denied the allegation of torturing, forced admission and all the crimes they committed. Such allegations against the police and other law enforcement agencies are not new. However, there is no remedy and space for low-income communities to get support. The state must investigate the incident, compensate the victims, and lodge a case against the policemen and those who protect the corrupt system. The police chief and the home ministry cannot shy away from their responsibilities also.