Eight members of Rajshahi Metropolitan Police, including an assistant commissioner, were arrested on Sunday night for their alleged involvement in extortion.
The arrested are RMP AC Toufikul Islam, Rajpara police subinspectors Masud Rana and Matiur Rahman, RMP constables Golam Mortuza, Islam Ali, Sujon Ali, Md Sabuj and Akter Hossain.
The police said the accused had gone to the house of one Dr Abdur Rashid Basunia at Jhautola Mithur More under Rajpara police station in plainclothes on Wednesday night
and forced him to pay them Tk 1 lakh.
They ransacked goods at the house, claiming the goods were smuggled from India. The policemen threatened to implicate him in narcotics smuggling case unless he paid them the money.
Abdur Rashid lodged a complaint on Thursday with the Rajpara police in this connection, officer-in-charge of the police station Mokarrom Hossain said.
A probe body was formed to investigate the matter and the three-member body submitted their report Sunday with evidence of extortion by the lawmen.
After receiving the report, the Rajshahi Metropolitan Police commissioner Mohammad Obaidullah issued an order to lodge a case and arrest them.
The Rajpara police arrested the accused from Rajshhai police lines and produced them in Metropolitan Magistrate Court 3 Monday morning, seeking seven days' remand.
The judge Mezbaul Haque sent the accused to jail and fixed Tuesday as the hearing date, the OC said.
Source : New Age
