Former Chattogram Superintendent of Police (SP) Babul Akter appealed to court seeking security for life alleging Officer-in-Charge of Feni Model police station searched his cell in Feni jail without permission from district magistrate or court.

On behalf of Babul, who is in jail in a case over the killing of his wife Mahmuda Khanam Mitu in 2016, his counsel advocate Golam Mowla Murad submitted the appeal to Chattogram Metropolitan Session Court Judge Dr Jebunnesa Begum on Monday.

However Feni model police station OC Nizamuddin denied the allegation brought against him when contacted by the UNB reporter.

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Babul’s counsel Murad said, “ On September 10 at 12pm OC Nizam Uddin went to Feni jail and searched Babul’s cell for a long time. According to jail code, it is a punishable offence for a police officer appointed with a police station to enter jail and search a prisoner’s cell without permission from district magistrate or court.”

According to Babul’s lawyer the search was done to keep his client under mental pressure as on September 8 he lodged a complaint against six officials of Police Bureau of Investigations (PBI) for torturing and attempting to kill him in police custody.

Investigation in the incident and direction to Feni jail superintendent for providing security to Babul has been sought in the appeal made to court, he said.

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OC Nizam Uddin said, “On Sunday I went to Feni jail Superintendent’s room for another case related issue but not about Babul’s case. I didn’t search any prisoner’s cell, breaching the jail code.”