Probe body formed over death in Habiganj police custody


FE Team | Published: December 28, 2023 21:52:36


Probe body formed over death in Habiganj police custody

HABIGANJ, Dec 28 (UNB): A three-member probe committee has been formed over the death of Golam Rabbani, an accused in a theft case, who died at Baniachong thana in Habiganj on Tuesday.
Habiganj Additional Superinten-dent 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.
Superintendent of Police Md Akhter Hossain ordered the committee to submit the investigation report by December 29.

               Golam Rabbani
Rabbani (26) was a resident of the Nandipara area of Baniachong Sadar upazila. Delwar Hossain, officer-in-charge of Baniachong thana, said he was arrested on charges of stealing an autorickshaw on Tuesday afternoon.
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.
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.

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