The High Court yesterday summoned an Addl SP of Narayanganj and the OC of Araihazar Police Station on July 31 to explain their conduct over allegations that five people were confined and tortured in police custody for three days even after getting bail in a case.
The additional superintendent of police (Addl SP) is SM Ashrafuzzaman and the officer-in-charge (OC) is Akhter Morshed.
The HC passed the order after hearing a writ petition jointly filed by the five in June seeking HC directives on the government to take appropriate legal action against the perpetrators.
The five are Yeasin Sarkar of Utrapur village of Araihazar and his sons Rafiqul Islam and Azharul Islam, grandson Masud Rana and daughter-in-law Alena Begum.
Deputy Attorney General Bishwojit Roy, citing from the petition, told The Daily Star that law enforcers of the police station confined and tortured the five in March after they got bail in a forgery case.
Another son of Yeasin, Mozammel Haque Shyamol, is the main accused of the case filed by one Mir Mohammad Mazid over a land dispute, he said, adding that the law enforcers arrested the five after failing to apprehend Shyamol.
Addl SP Ashrafuzzaman recently submitted an investigation report to the HC, stating that the allegations were not true. The HC bench had examined the report yesterday.