A case was filed today in connection with the death — allegedly in police custody — of Rayhan Ahmed at Bandarbazar Police Outpost in Sylhet city early Sunday.
Rayhan’s wife Tahmina Akther Tanni filed the murder case with Kotwali Police Station, accusing several unknown persons, said Jyotirmoy Sarker, additional deputy commissioner of Sylhet Metropolitan Police.
In the case statement, she said that Rayhan was tortured to death by some people at the police station.
The 33-year-old man went out to work on Saturday afternoon and later that night around 4:30am, his mother received a call from an unknown number. During the call, Rayhan urged to bring some money to the police outpost to release him.
Rayhan’s uncle reached the police outpost with Tk 4,000 around 5:30am and a policeman asked him to bring Tk 10,000 around 10:00am, the case statement said.
When he reached with the money in the morning, he was told to go to Sylhet MAG Osmani Medical College Hospital where he found Rayhan dead. Rayhan was declared brought dead at the hospital.
Additional DC Jyotirmoy Sarker said, “We are looking into the matter.”
