Ex-SP Farooqui, ex-ASP Alep sent to jail in July uprising killing case

A court in Dhaka on Friday sent former superintendent of police (SP) of Betbunia Police Specialized Training Centre Mohiuddin Farooqui and additional superintendent of police (ASP) of Barishal Range Alep Uddin to jail in the case lodged over the murder of Zobayer Omar Khan in the capital's Jatrabari area during the student-led July-August mass uprising, reports BSS.

Dhaka Metropolitan Magistrate Begum Afnan Somi passed the order as police produced the duo before the court after end of their two-day remand in the case and pleaded to keep them behind the bars till the end of probe.

SP Farooqui, who was working as deputy commandant at Betbunia Police Specialized Training Centre, was placed on a two-day remand on November 13. ASP Alep Uddin was arrested from Barishal on November 13 and was placed on a two-day remand the next day.

According to the case documents, Zobayer Omar Khan on information of Hasina's escape to India tried to join victory rally in Shahbagh at noon on August 5. As he along with many others, reached Shanir Akhra area, police pounced on them, firing live bullets, tear shells and sound grenades. Many people, including Zobayer got injured in the attack.

As people rushed him to Sir Salimullah Medical College Mitford Hospital, the attending doctors declared him dead.

Zobayer's brother Zabed Imran Khan filed the case with Jatrabari Police Station on August 22 against 127, including ousted prime minister Sheikh Hasina.