Top police officials’ comments irk Suranjit

Senior Awami League (AL) leader Suranjit Sengupta on Monday took a dig at top police officers for their comments on the shooting in Tangail on Friday that left four people dead, reports bdnews24.com.

He said it was only 'natural' that people would agitate against the 'rape' of a woman in front of her child.

Mr Sengupta said such agitation was a 'matter of pride for us as a nation.'

"But you (police) went there and opened fire indiscriminately. Four persons have died so far," he said at a discussion on Monday in Dhaka.

Three people were killed in Kalihati when police opened fire on locals protesting against the alleged rape. A fourth victim died at Dhaka Medical College Hospital on Sunday.

Sengupta demanded naming the magistrate who had ordered the shooting.

"You can't just go on and defame our democratic government by killing people this way," the former minister said.

Sengupta was also critical of police for accusing about 900 locals in two cases of 'attacking' the law-enforcers.

"A Dhaka range DIG has said, 'shoot, I'll take responsibilities'. Were your words influenced by the fact that your OC is a tenant at that [accused] man's house? What's the matter," he wondered.