Dhaka SI arrested for 'shooting, staging gun seizure'

A Dhaka police Sub-Inspector (SI) has been arrested for allegedly shooting a man for personal vendetta and staging a gun seizure drama.

Sher-e-Bangla Nagar Police Station SI Anwar Hossain was taken into custody on Wednesday and a case against him filed.

The station’s OC Abdul Momin was also withdrawn, Dhaka Metropolitan Police’s Tejgaon zone Deputy Commissioner Biplab Kumar Sarkar told bdnews24.com.

After SI Hossain shot Shah Alam, a car driver, in both legs several days back, allegations surfaced that the police officer had done so intentionally and staged a false seizure of firearm from the latter in an act of cover-up.

Photo Caption: SI Anwar Hossain

DC Sarkar said, “I have investigated the allegations personally and found proof that the whole episode had been staged.”

About the transfer of OC Momin, he said, “The OC cannot avoid his responsibility. He has been withdrawn for his negligence.”

Alam’s brother Golam Mostofa told bdnews24.com that he had filed the case against SI Hossain at Sher-e-Bangla Nagar Police Station, accusing him of trying to murder his younger brother.