A three-member probe committee has been formed over the death of Golam Rabbani, an accused in a theft case, who died at Baniachong Police Station in Habiganj on Tuesday. Habiganj Additional Superintendent of Police (admin and finance) Hasibul Islam will lead the probe committee. The other two members of the committee are Additional Superintendent of Police (Baniachong circle) Palash Ranjan Dey and Court Police Inspector, Md Kamrul Islam. Theft case accused found dead in Habiganj police custody Superintendent of Police, Md Akhter Hossain on Thursday, ordered the committee to submit the investigation report by December 29. Rabbani, 26, was a resident of the Nandipara area of Baniachong Sadar upazila. Baniachong Police Station Officer-in-Charge Delwar Hossain said he was arrested on charges of stealing an autorickshaw on Tuesday afternoon. Habiganj DC transferred to Agriculture Ministry He was found hanging from the ceiling fan inside a room around 7:30 pm, said the OC. Later, he was taken to the Baniachong Upazila Health Complex, where the duty doctor declared him dead after an examination. OC Delwar Hossain said, an unnatural death case has been filed in the incident. There are seven to eight theft cases against Rabbani. National polls: EC orders withdrawal of Habiganj DC, 3 police officials Meanwhile, Rabbani’s body was handed over to his family after an autopsy at Habiganj morgue on Wednesday afternoon. Later, he was buried at the family graveyard after Namaz-e-Janaza at Bibir Mokam Jame Mosque in Nandipara area of Baniachong Sadar after Magrib prayers.

The body of Sumon Sheikh alias Rummon, who died in Hatirjheel police custody  early Friday, has been handed over to his family by police. Police handed over the body on Monday a day after his family claimed that they did not receive the body as police gave them a condition to take it directly to their village home instead of taking it to anywhere else. An assistant staff of Shaheed Suhrawardy Medical College and Hospital morgue told UNB that police received the body from the morgue completing the formalities around 3 pm  but none of his family members were present. Faruque Hossain, Deputy Commissioner of Dhaka Metropolitan police media wing said, “The body has been handed over to Sumon’s father and he will be buried at his ancestral home in Nawabganj or at Azimpur graveyard.” Also read: Death in custody: Family fail to receive Sumon’s body as police attach condition Meanwhile, Sumon’s wife Jannat Akter along with other family members went to Dhaka Metropolitan magistrate Court to file a case over his death in police custody. Jannat’s brother Mosharraf Hossain said they did not receive the body and police might have handed it over to his father. “My sister is ill. We went to court to take advice from the lawyer to file a case over Sumon’s death,” he said. Sumon’s family members on Saturday claimed that they did not receive the body of Sumon as police gave them a condition to take it directly to their village home instead of taking it to anywhere else.However, police said the body was not handed over as they did not get appropriate guardian to receive it.Postmortem of Sumon Sheikh alias Rumman, the accused in the case of theft of Hatirjheel police station, was completed in absence of his family members at the mortuary of Shaheed Suhrawardy Medical College and Hospital on Saturday night.Family members said after the autopsy, the police asked to take the body to Bhola, but they denied receiving it as they wanted to take the body to Sumon's residence in Rampura Mohanagar project first. Also read: Youth arrested for stealing money dies in police custodyA General Diary (GD) has been logged by the police in this incident.Earlier talking to reporters at Hatirjheel Police Station on Saturday evening, Azimul Haque said a case was filed with Hatirjheel police station in connection with stealing of Tk 53 lakh from the office of Unilever's Pureit Company on August 15.Police arrested three people identified as Al Amin, Sohel Rana and Anik Hossain in connection with the incident. They are now in jail. Sumon Sheikh was identified by analyzing the CCTV footage of the place of occurrence and also interrogating the three arrestees. Later, police arrested Sumon from his house in Rampura Mahanagar project area on Friday afternoon and recovered Tk 3,13,700 from his possession. Then he was kept in police custody around 11 pm, he said.Rumman Sheikh, aka Sumon, was supposed to be sent to the court on Saturday morning. But he hanged himself from an iron grill with the trousers he was wearing at around 3:32 am on early Saturday. It was seen in the CCTV footage and this footage was also shown to the deceased's wife and relatives, said policeSI Hemayet Hossain, who was Duty Officer on Friday night, and constable Md. Zakaria have been suspended for negligence of duty.Besides, a three-member inquiry committee headed by Additional Deputy Commissioner of Police (ADC) Tejgaon Industrial Zone Hafiz Al Farooq has been constituted.

The body of Sumon Sheikh alias Rummon, who died in Hatirjheel police custody on early Friday, has been lying in the hospital morgue amid a standoff over his burial.   Family members on Saturday claimed that they did not receive the body of Sumon as police gave them a condition to take it directly to their village home.  However, police said the body of Sumon was not handed over as they did not get appropriate guardian to receive it.    Postmortem of Sumon Sheikh alias Rumman, the accused in the case of theft of Hatirjheel police station, was completed in absence of his family members at the mortuary of Shaheed Suhrawardy Medical College and Hospital on Saturday night.   Family members said after the autopsy, the police asked to take the body to Bhola, but they denied to receive it as they want to take the body to Sumon's residence in Rampura Mohanagar project before taking it to Bhola.  Read: Make dope test mandatory for crane operators: DNCC Mayor Contacted, Shahnaj, a sister-in-law of Sumon, said when they went to the Hospital morgue on Friday night, they came to know that the postmortem was completed without their presence. When they wanted to take the body home, police said they would only hand over the body if it is taken directly to the village.  “We denied to receive the body as we want to take it to Sumon's residence in Rampura Mohanagar project area,” she said.  The family will register a case before the Dhaka CMM against the  policemen responsible for the death of Sumon, she said.   Meanwhile, briefing reporters at the office of Deputy Commissioner (Tejgaon division) in Shyamoli on Sunday evening,  Deputy Commissioner(DC- Tejgaon Division) HM Azimul Haque said since the post-mortem on Saturday (August 20) night, Suman's body has been kept at the mortuary to be handed over to the family. But it was not possible as there was no proper guardian in the family.  Suman Sheikh's wife, brother and brother-in-law were called throughout the day but none of them came, he said.   Referring to the delay in taking the body for unknown reasons, Azimul Haque said that the family members are trying to create a mystery about this. It is believed that someone is fueling from behind.  The DC said that Sumon Sheikh's body will be kept in the mortuary of Suhrawardy Hospital until a suitable guardian is found to take it.  If this takes too long, then action will be taken later by talking to the authorities. A General Diary (GD) has been kept by the police in this incident.  Earlier talking to reporters at Hatirjheel Police Station on Saturday evening, Azimul Haque said a case was filed with Hatirjheel police station in connection with stealing of Tk 53 lakh from the office of Unilever's Pureit Company on August 15.  Read: Man sentenced to life in prison without parole for killing 16-month-old sister Police arrested three people identified as Al Amin, Sohel Rana and Anik Hossain in connection with the incident. They are now in jail. Sumon Sheikh was identified by analyzing the CCTV footage of the place of occurrence and also interrogating the three arrestees. Later, police arrested Sumon from his house in Rampura Mahanagar project area on Friday afternoon and recovered Tk 3,13,700 from his possession. Then he was kept in police custody around 11 pm, he said.  Rumman Sheikh, aka Sumon, was supposed to be sent to the court on Saturday morning. But he hanged himself from an iron grill with the trousers he was wearing at around 3:32 am on early Saturday.  "It was seen in the CCTV footage and this footage was also shown to the deceased's wife and relatives," he added.  SI Hemayet Hossain, who was Duty Officer on Friday night, and constable Md. Zakaria have been suspended for negligence of duty.  Besides, a three-member inquiry committee headed by Additional Deputy Commissioner of Police (ADC) Tejgaon Industrial Zone Hafiz Al Farooq has been constituted.  Meanwhile, local residents and relatives brought out a procession on Sunday evening at Palasbagh Chattar of Rampura, reaching the main road and interfering with vehicular movement till police came and sent them back.  Syful Islam, brother-in-law of the deceased Sumon Sheikh, said that they demanded punishment of the police members who tortured to death Sumon in police custody. 

A man accused in a drug case died at Uttara East Police Station early Tuesday, while on a two-day remand. The accused hanged himself to death from the ventilator of the cell with a blanket, Deputy Commissioner (Uttara Division) Mohamamd Foyjul Islam told UNB. The deceased was identified as Mohammad Liton, 45 of Kahalu upazila in Bogura district.  Read: Faridpur violence: 48-yr-old accused dies in police custody Placed on two-day remand police took him into custody on Monday. “There are 15 CCTV cameras inside the police station. The CCTV footage has shown that the accused tore down the blanket inside the cell and hanged himself from the ventilator,” he said. However, a three-member probe body, headed by Additional deputy commissioner (Airport Zone) was formed to look into the matter and find whether there was any negligence on part of duty police , he added. Read: Raihan’s death in police custody: Suspended SI Akbar held The committee has been asked to submit the report within three working days. Police will take necessary steps on the basis of the probe report, said Foyjul.