Jihad’s father claims he was threatened by police

Police had picked up 'Jihad's father Nasir Fakir moments after an announcement that there was no sign of anybody down an abandoned pipe.

Staff Correspondentbdnews24.com
Published : 27 Dec 2014, 06:20 PM
Updated : 28 Dec 2014, 11:31 AM

He claimed he was 'threatened in the name of RAB' to tell the 'truth'.

Fakir was released on Saturday afternoon after his son's body was recovered from the pit.

Four-year-old Jihad fell into the deep tubewell pipe on Friday afternoon while playing.

Rescuers sent down a camera there but said no-one was there.

Later, State Minister for Home Asaduzzaman Khan Kamal expressed his doubts whether the whole thing was a hoax.

Police sprang into action after that.

Fakir, a night guard at Motijheel Model School, spoke to reporters at his brother-in-law's house at Shajahanpur Railway Colony.

Police picked him up around 3am on Saturday saying journalists would pester him if he were at the scene, he claimed.

But at the police station, he was told that his son was not spotted by a camera sent down the pipe.

The law keepers suspected Jihad had been hidden somewhere else, he claimed.

"They told me 'tell us if you have animosity with anyone, or if you have hidden your son. If you don't, then RAB will beat you up. Then you'll have to tell the truth'," Fakir alleged.

Police did not respond for comments.

He said two children saw his son falling into the pit and several women had heard him scream from down the pipe.

"Neighbours told me about it. Some children heard him crying, 'mother, save me'," Fakir said before breaking down in tears.

He said he would sue the contractor firm and the engineer.

"I demand justice," the grief-stricken father said.