Lawyer’s assistant dies in DB custody

Staff Reporter :
A lawyers’ assistant allegedly died in police custody in Bogura on Tuesday night (October 3).

The victim has been identified as Habibur Rahman Habib, 40, son of one Abdul Kuddus Bablu of Jhora village under Bogura’s Shahjahanpur Upazila.

He was the joint secretary of the Bogura Advocates’ Assistant Association.

DB police sources said a team of the Detective Branch of police picked up Habibur Rahman and took him to Shahjahanpur Police Station.

After arrest, he felt chest pain in the custody. Later he was admitted to Bogura Mohammad Ali Hospital around 7:00 pm where he died.

Bogura District Lawyer Association General Secretary Iqbal Hossain claimed that detectives picked up Habibur on suspicion and tortured him to death.

Meanwhile, police formed a three-member probe body to investigate the death of Habibur Rahman. The investigation committee was asked to submit the report within the next seven working days.