Some OCs, DCs consider themselves absolute authority, says High Court

The High Court criticised on Tuesday former Sonagazi Police Station's officer-in-charge Moazzem Hossain for asking Nusrat Jahan Rafi irrelevant questions during interrogation and capturing the incident on phone, reports UNB.

"Is it the OC's job to capture video? We don't see the relevance of the questions," the court said while hearing Moazzem's bail petition in a case filed under the Digital Security Act.

During the hearing, the court noted how some OCs and deputy commissioners "consider themselves landlords" and think that they are "all in all".

Moazzem's lawyer Ahasanullah told the court that the case is baseless and insisted that his client captured the video "as part of discharging his duties".

The court noted that the girl might not have died if everyone was conscious.

Attorney General Mahabubey Alam pointed out that Moazzem captured the video and made it go viral even after being a responsible officer of the government. "What massage will the people get if he is granted bail? If he is sick, the jail authorities will provide him treatment."

He also criticised the vile language Moazzem used during Nusrat's interrogation.

Alam then posed a question whether the questions asked were relevant. To which the court said: "We don't see any context of asking such questions. Can an OC ask questions this way?"

The attorney general told the court that the OC cannot and slammed Moazzem's activities as irresponsible. The court noted that Nusrat would not have died had she been given protection.