The High Court yesterday directed the inspector general of police to take necessary actions against three of the then police officials of Satkhira Sadar Police Station for their negligence in recording a general diary in connection with the incident of disappearance of Mokhlesur Rahman Jony in August, 2016.
The court said Mokhlesur's wife Jasmin Nahar can file a complaint case with a court in this regard. It also ordered the police to record the GD, if she (Jasmin) wants to file it.
The three are the then Sadar Police Station officer-in-charge Emdadul Haque Sheikh, sub-inspector Himel and Emdaddul's successor to the post Firoz Hossain Mollah.
The HC bench of Justice Quazi Reza-Ul Hoque and Justice Mohammad Ullah gave the order after holding a hearing on the writ petition filed by Jasmin, and examining the probe report submitted by the Police Bureau of Investigation (PBI). The bench also fixed February 25 for passing further order.
The PBI in the report said the police including the three officials showed serious incompetence and negligence as they did not record any case or GD over the disappearance of Mokhlesur.
The mystery of the incident was not unearthed as they did not carry out their duties vested on them, said the PBI report.
The image of police has seriously been damaged due to the “inefficiency” and “negligence”, it said. The report also recommended departmental actions against the police personnel.
The probe report was submitted to the High Court through the attorney general's office on Sunday in line with its earlier order. Mokhlesur Rahman Jony, a homeopathy doctor of New Market area in Satkhira, went missing on August 4, 2016.
In March last year, his wife Jasmin Nahar filed a writ petition with the HC, claiming that her husband went missing from police custody. Deputy Attorney General Tapas Kumar Biswas represented the government while Advocate Sagupta Tabssum argued for Ain O Salish Kendra, which is proving the family of Mokhlesur with legal support.
