Additional Deputy Commissioner (ADC) of Ramna Division Harun-or-Rashid was withdrawn from his post today (September 10) for allegedly assaulting two central Chhatra League leaders under the Shahbagh Police Station last night.

However, Harun-or-Rashid has now been attached to public order management.

Dhaka Metropolitan Police Commissioner Khandaker Golam Faruq confirmed the matter. 

Shahbag police station and BCL sources said on Saturday night, ADC Harun was talking to another female police officer near Bardem Hospital. At that time, the husband of the woman police officer went there with two leaders of the Central Chhatra League. 

Later, Harun took the two Central Chhatra League leaders to Shahbag police station and brutally tortured them, later two injured were rushed to a private hospital for treatment, sources added. 

The injured are Central Organising Secretary and Dhaka University's (DU's) Fazlul Haque Hall unit President Anwar Hossain Naeem, and Central Science Affairs Secretary and Shahidullah Hall unit General Secretary Sharif Ahmed Munim.

BDST: 1546 HRS, SEP 10, 2023
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