Case filed over policeman's killing in diplomatic area
A case has been filed over the Saturday night's incident where an on-duty police constable was shot dead by his colleague in the Gulshan diplomatic area.
Mahbubul Alam, brother of the deceased Md Monirul, 27, filed the case with Gulshan Police Station against Kawsar Ahmed on Sunday.
Rifat Rahman Shamim, deputy police commissioner (DC) of Gulshan division of Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP), confirmed.
According to a statement issued by the police, Kawsar opened fire on his colleague Monirul around 11:45pm on Saturday while both were performing duties.
CCTV footage obtained from the Palestine Embassy showed that, Monirul and Kawsar were in a heated altercation at around 11:40pm. At one point, Monirul showed Kawsar a duty notebook. Almost instantly, Kawsar started shooting at Monirul.
Kawsar fired several more rounds directly at Monirul and later pointed an SMT gun at a vehicle whuch was passing by.
Later, police captured Kawsar from the spot early Sunday and shown him arrested in the case.
Police produced Kawsar before a Dhaka court and sought a ten-day remand. However, the court has not yet issued any directives, officials concerned said.
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