The New Nation - Internet Edition

Staff Reporter

Day after the suspension of four policemen of Mirpur thana on charge of pocketing gold bars, two other policemen of Utara thana were suspended yesterday while taking bribe.

The two suspended policemen of Utara thana were identified as Sub-Inspector (SI) Azaharul Islam and Assistant Sub-inspector (ASI) Mohammad Alauddin.

Talking to journalists on July 20 in Chitagong, Inspector General of Police (IGP), Noor Mohammad, said that they had taken various types of punitive actions against over 3,000 policemen on different charges since the State of Emergency was imposed.

According to Utara thana, the two police officers were caught red handed by the members of Detective Branch (DB) and also arrested from Monolova Restaurant in front of Zia International Airport (ZIA) while taking Tk 5,000 from a woman, Shantona Karim.

After their arrest, the higher officials suspended them who were kept at the DB office for interrogation.

Shantona Karim told journalists, the policemen demanded Tk 5,000 promising to setle a dispute over a piece of land between she and her brother Dr Amin Mohammad.

Following their contact, the policemen and Shantona went to the restaurant Later, DB members caught them red handed as Shantona had informed the DB police.

Earlier, four policemen of Mirpur thana were suspended on Wednesday for pocketing a gold bar instead of taking any legal steps.

The suspended police members are SI Syed Asaduzzaman, ASI Shahidul Islam and constables Safdar Ali and Sakamal Alam.

Mirpur thana OC Mohiuddin Mahmud said the suspended policemen had recovered a gold bar (biscuit) from Mirpur Bangla College area on September 28 last But, they did not inform it to the thana. Rather, they distributed the gold bar among themselves.