Police investigator lists accused, who is alive, as 'killed in gunfight'

The police have pressed charges in court in a case describing one of the suspects as "being killed in gunfight", but he is alive and even appears in court hearings, reports bdnews24.com.

Chattogram Metropolitan Police have suspended Sub-Inspector Dipankar Chandra Roy, the investigation officer of the case. Saleh Mohammad Tanvir, the newly appointed commissioner of CMP, said a departmental investigation against Dipankar was under way.

"We are dealing with the matter professionally. The entire force cannot be held responsible for such an incident," he added.

Plaintiff Shah Alam filed a petition at the Chief Metropolitan Magistrates Court of the port city to include the name of the accused, Md Joynal, in the charge-sheet.

The court may issue an order on the petition in the next hearing on Oct 13, said Public Prosecutor Abid Hossain.

Shah Alam started the case in November 2018 alleging that seven people, including his grandson-in-law Md Nasim and Md Joynal, attacked his home at Roufabad in Bayezid.

The case says Shah Alam came under attack after complaining at Bayezid Police Station that Nasim had beaten his granddaughter for dowry.

SI Dipankar submitted the charge-sheet on Nov 15, 2019, naming six accused. He recommended that the name of other accused, 19-year-old Joynal, be dropped from the case "because Joynal had died".

The policeman wrote in the charge-sheet that Joynal was killed in a gunfight but did not provide the date, place and other details.