A Dhaka court on Tuesday placed ten people on 7-day remand each in a case filed over the death of Senior Assistant Superintendent of Police (ASP) Anisul Karim Shipon at Mind Aid Hospital in the capital on Monday after he was allegedly assaulted by hospital staff.
The judge granted the remand after police produce them before it with 10-day remand prayer in the case.
The remanded persons are Mind Aid’s marketing manager Arif Mahmud Joy, 35, coordinator Redwan Sabbir, 23, kitchen chef Md Masud, 37, pharmacist Tanvir Hasan, 18, ward boy Zobayer Hossain, 19, Tanif Molla, 20, Sanjeeb Chowdhury, 20, Ashim Chandra Pal, 24, Liton Ahmmad, 18, and Saiful Islam Palash, 35.
Earlier on Tuesday morning, Shipon’s father filed the case with Adabar Police Station accusing 15 people for the murder.
Anisul Karim Shipon from Gazipur was working as the assistant commissioner of Barishal Metropolitan Police’s traffic department. He returned home in Gazipur from Barishal on Monday, Faruk Molla, inspector at Adabor Police Station, said.
Anisul Karim, had been suffering from mental complications over some family issues, said his brother Rezaul Karim.
Anisul’s sister took him to the private hospital ‘Mind Aid’ on Monday morning, but died before the admission procedure ended.
Family members of the deceased officer alleged that hospital staffers beat him to death.
CCTV footage showed that some hospital staff members physically assaulted Anisul after taking him inside a room.
Anisul had come out first in the police cadre of the 31st BCS exams, his colleagues said.