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The High Court on Tuesday wanted to know the steps taken after the death of Tajul Islam allegedly after police torture at Haragachh in Rangpur.
The HC bench of Justice Mamnoon Rahman and Khandaker Diliruzzaman asked Deputy Attorney General Amit Das Gupta to inform the court about the steps taken in this regard after consultation with the Rangpur police
commissioner.
Barrister Jyotirmoy Barua presented a report on the incident published in a daily newspaper before the court and sought a necessary directive in this regard on Wednesday.
DAG Amit Das Gupta said he will inform the court about the incident after consultation with the Rangpur police commissioner.
Tajul Islam, 55, a resident of Dalalhat in Haragachh union, was reportedly beaten to death by police at Haragachh Natun Bazar around 6:00pm on Monday.
Tajul was detained with some drugs during a police drive at Haragachh Natun Bazar on Monday evening and he fell unconscious as police beat him up mercilessly. At one stage, police pushed him against a wall and he died on the spot.
Enraged by the incident, locals cordoned off Haragachh police station, threw brick chips at police and vandalised some vehicles.
Police later fired rubber bullets and lobbed teargas shells to disperse the protesters.
