A three-member probe committee has been formed over the death of Golam Rabbani, an accused in a theft case, who died at Baniachong Police Station in Habiganj on Tuesday.
Habiganj Additional Superintendent of Police (admin and finance) Hasibul Islam will lead the probe committee. The other two members of the committee are Additional Superintendent of Police (Baniachong circle) Palash Ranjan Dey and Court Police Inspector, Md Kamrul Islam.
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Superintendent of Police, Md Akhter Hossain on Thursday, ordered the committee to submit the investigation report by December 29.
Rabbani, 26, was a resident of the Nandipara area of Baniachong Sadar upazila. Baniachong Police Station Officer-in-Charge Delwar Hossain said he was arrested on charges of stealing an autorickshaw on Tuesday afternoon.
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He was found hanging from the ceiling fan inside a room around 7:30 pm, said the OC.
Later, he was taken to the Baniachong Upazila Health Complex, where the duty doctor declared him dead after an examination.
OC Delwar Hossain said, an unnatural death case has been filed in the incident.
There are seven to eight theft cases against Rabbani.
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Meanwhile, Rabbani’s body was handed over to his family after an autopsy at Habiganj morgue on Wednesday afternoon. Later, he was buried at the family graveyard after Namaz-e-Janaza at Bibir Mokam Jame Mosque in Nandipara area of Baniachong Sadar after Magrib prayers.