Police abuse family in Dhaka in order to throw them out of their house
The complaint came during a meeting with journalists yesterday. According to the woman, on 22 November, a “group of 30 to 35 plainclothes policemen” got into her house and began breaking everything they found. They were led by Chief Inspector capo Moniruzzaman and Deputy Inspectors Jiarat Hossain and Mazharul Islam.
“They broke in at around 11 pm,” Ayesha Begum explained, and told everyone to leave the premises. When she refused, they began to beat up the family “with rifle butts and rods”. They then “half stripped Putul,” the woman’s daughter who had tried to protect her mother, and tried to “rape her.” They also hit her younger daughter Janatul, who lost a lot of blood, and threatened to kill her brother Tarim. Finally, the police forced the woman to sign a paper in which she pledged to vacate the house (which she has owned for the past 14 years) before 1 December.
“I tried to file a complaint before the courts,” Ayesha Begum said, ‘but I cannot go out [because] I am under constant threat. I am afraid police might kill us all.”
Contacted by AsiaNews, deputy Inspector Jiarat Hossain said he was “not concerned” about the allegations and that the matter was before the courts. He denied any allegation of torture.
The family (pictured) claims that a specific plan is behind the raid. For two years, two powerful public officials in the capital have been trying to get the land where the woman’s house stands.
“Police got 100,000 taka (US,500) from Mohammed Shajahan e Bashir to throw us out and take over our land,” Putul said.
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