United News of Bangladesh

Thirteen policemen, including two sub-inspectors, of Companyganj Police Station have been closed to the district police lines on charge of different irregularities and corruption, an official said on Tuesday. The punitive action was taken as per the order of Additional Superintendent of Sylhet Police Md Russelur Rahman on Monday, Mahbubur Rahman, superintendent of Sylhet Police said. Two assistant sub-inspectors and nine constables were among those closed in the police lines. SI closed over arrest of anti-discrimination students in Uttara Local people said some policemen were found involved in demanding money from the stone-laden vehicles at Shah Arefin Tila of Companiganj upazila. The snapshots and video footage of the incident went viral in the social networking site while different newspapers published reports about the incident. The accused policemen are—Sub-inspectors Khokon Chandra Sarkar and Milon Fakir, assistant sub-inspectors Sishir Ahmed Mukul and Shamim Hasan and constables Nazmul Ahsan, Munna Chowdhury, Naimur Rahman, Tushar Pal, Abu Hanif, Shakhawat Sadi, Sagar Chandra Das, Mehedi Hossain and Kipesh Chandra Roy. However, legal steps will be taken against the policemen after investigation, said the SP.