Shawdesh Desk:

A complaint has been lodged with a Chattogram court on Tuesday, accusing 16 individuals, including the senior jail superintendent of Chattogram Central Jail, over torturing an inmate to death.

Purobi Palit, the wife of the deceased, filed the complaint with the Chattogram Metropolitan Sessions Judge’s Court, according to the family’s lawyer, Ajoy Dhar.

The court has taken the allegations into consideration and scheduled the next hearing, Dhar mentioned.

The accused include Chattogram Central Jail’s senior superintendent Muhammad Manjur Hossain; jailer Mohammad Emran Hossain Miah; deputy jailers Nowshad Miah, Akherul Islam, Sumaiya Khatun, Ibrahim; the officer-in-charge of Boalkhali Police Station Md Ashab Uddin; inspector (investigation) M. Saiful Islam; sub-inspectors Abu Musa, Md Saiful Islam, Rizaul Jabbar; duty officer, constables Kamal, Asadullah, and two ward masters of the jail.

The complaint detailed that on January 27, a Boalkhali police station team, led by SI Musa, arrested 38-year-old Rubel Dey raiding his house at village Dakshin Joustpura without any warrant.

Following the arrest, the police allegedly demanded Tk 2 lakh from Rubel Dey’s family for his release; but the family refused to pay the money.

Subsequently, the police accused him of possessing 200 liters of liquor and filed a case against him that same night.

The following morning, SI Rizaul Jabbar presented Dey before a court, displaying visible injury marks. The court then ordered his transfer to Chattogram Central Jail.

While visiting Rubel in the jail on February 2, the family found him in a grave condition, although he was in a good health at the time of his arrest.

Rubel Dey died in the jail on February 4, with his family alleging that he was tortured to death.