Loads of complainants filed cases following the July-August riot with malicious motives, aiming to profit from the challenge, Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) Commissioner Sheikh Md Sajjat Ali stated at the moment time (8 December).
“A form of those cases had been deliberately exaggerated, with 150 to 200 or more americans listed as accused, in conjunction with Awami League leaders. Police had been compelled to file these cases,” the commissioner stated at a gathering with the govt. committee of the Bangladesh Crime Journalists Affiliation (CRAB) at the DMP Headquarters,
He also admitted that some police officers had been also enthusiastic on this illicit commerce.
The DMP chief further stated, “Those enthusiastic on exploiting the challenge for financial carry out or making baseless accusations would face charges of extortion.
“Disciplinary measures shall be taken in opposition to police officers stumbled on complicit in such misconduct,” he added.
He assured that no innocent folks in prison activities would be careworn unnecessarily, promising an intensive review of the cases filed right by the period.
The commissioner acknowledged that police actions right by the July-August riot weren’t appropriate, emphasising that a reliable response might perchance per chance moreover dangle shunned many casualties.
Concerning the inclusion of journalists in some cases, he stated, “The names of journalists incorporated in some cases shall be dropped if investigations indicate their innocence.”
He clarified that complainants attain no longer dangle the authority to eradicate names from cases, because it is the accountability of investigating officers to make certain that no innocent person is falsely accused.
