Thakurgaon OC withdrawn over torture of JL leader

THAKURAGAON, May 11 (UNB): The officer-in-charge of Thakurgaon Sadar Police Station was withdrawn around eight hours after a case was filed against him and four other cops for torturing a Jubo League leader.
Mohammad Jahangir Hossain, Superintendent of Police (SP) in the district, said OC Kamal Hossain was withdrawn for administrative reasons and attached to Rangpur range office.
No decision has been taken yet regarding the four other accused police officers, he said.
Earlier on Wednesday afternoon, the case was filed against them for torturing Jubo League's district unit Organising Secretary Asadduzaman Pulok.
The other accused are the police station's Inspector (operations) Md Latif, sub-inspectors Khoka Chandra Roy and Md Motaleb and ASI Md Hasib.
The case was filed with the court of District and Sessions Judge Mamunur Rashid who ordered judicial investigation into the incident.