DMP Deputy Commissioner Iqbal, 4 others sued over killing of colleague’s son

A case was filed today (20 August) against five policemen including Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) Wari Division Deputy Commissioner (DC) Mohammad Iqbal over killing of one of their colleague’s son during the recent quota reform movement.

Pervin Akter, wife of police sub-inspector (SI) Md Moynal Hossain Bhuiyan, filed the case with the court of Dhaka Metropolitan Magistrate Shakil Ahammed over the killing of their younger son Imam Hossain Tayem.

The court, after recording statement of the plaintiff, asked Police Bureau of Investigation (PBI) to investigate the matter and submit a report on 1 October.

The other accused in the case are – additional deputy police commissioner (ADC) Shahil Mohammad Shamim, AC Tanjil Ahmed, Jatrabari Police Station Officer in-Charge Zakir Hossain and SI Shahadat Ali.

According to the case documents, Tayem and two of his friends went to a tea stall in Kazla area in Jatrabari on 20 July. The quota reform movement activists were staging protests at the time in the area. Following the order of DC Mohammad Iqbal, ADC Shamim, and AC Tanjil, policemen suddenly started firing on the protesters.

As the quota protesters were running for their lives, Tayem and his friends hide inside the tea stall, but the policemen brought them out from there and OC Zakir ordered them to run. As they started running, policemen shot at them in cold blood, killing Tayem on the spot, reads the case document.