Pabna: A man accused of abducting a 5-year-old child died in police custody in Faridpur Police Station of the district on Monday night.
\nThe deceased was identified as Md Hasan Ali, 40, of Arkandi village in the upazila.
\nSuperintendent of Police (SP) Pabna, Jahangir Hossain Matobbar said,\u00a0\u201cWe are not sure how the victim died, though a rope was found nearby, indicating he may have strangled himself.\u201d
\nHe said negligence by on-duty policemen is also evident.
\n\u201cWe have already suspended Md Akhteruzzaman, sub inspector and Golam Mostafa, duty officer and further action would be taken against them after investigation,\u201d said the SP.
\nHowever, Hasan’s father Ansar Ali claimed that the police tortured his son to death. \u201cHasan was in good health when the police took him to the station,\u201d Ansar said.
\nOfficer-in-Charge (OC) of Faridpur Police Station Md Abu Jafar, however, denied the allegation of torture.
\nEarlier on Sunday, Hasan kidnapped Shezan, 5, son of Amjad Ali of village Kharmadiar of Bheramara upazila of Kushtia and demanded a ransom of Tk 50,000 from the child’s father over mobile phone, said police and locals.
\nHowever, Hasan was caught by locals and handed over to Faridpur police the next morning. The locals also rescued the child.
\nHasan was found dead on Monday night about 10:30pm by the on-duty police.
\nThe body has been sent to Pabna General Hospital morgue for autopsy.
\nDr Khalilur Rahman of the hospital said, \u201cWe have found signs of injury to his neck when he was brought to the hospital though how he died cannot be found by autopsy.\u201d
\nTwo on-duty policemen of the station were suspended for sheer negligence of duty and an inquiry team of four police officers was formed yesterday to investigate the death.<\/p>\n

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Pabna: A man accused of abducting a 5-year-old child died in police custody in Faridpur Police Station of the district on Monday night. The deceased was identified as Md Hasan Ali, 40, of Arkandi village in the upazila. Superintendent of Police (SP) Pabna, Jahangir Hossain Matobbar said,<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_editorskit_title_hidden":false,"_editorskit_reading_time":0,"_editorskit_is_block_options_detached":false,"_editorskit_block_options_position":"{}","footnotes":""},"categories":[41],"tags":[1835],"yoast_head":"\n