 | Cops maul gold medallist shooter Asif
03 October, 2006
Police yesterday severely beat up three shooters including Commonwealth Games Gold Medallist Asif Hossain Khan storming into the National Shooting Federation Complex in Gulshan following a trivial argument between a security guard of the complex and a police officer's chauffeur over parking of a car.
After the beating at the complex, police arrested five including the shooters and took them to Gulshan Police Station where they beat the arrestees some more before sending them to a court charging them with assaults on policemen.
Internationally acclaimed shooter Asif, who was preparing for the Asian Games to be held in Doha in December, and another shooter Shoebuzzaman were admitted to Metropolitan Hospital with injuries all over their bodies.
Witnesses said a police car of Deputy Inspector General (Special Branch) Dr Sadiqur Rahman approached the shooting complex area at 12:15pm with the DIG's wife in it. While the chauffeur was attempting to park the car in front of the complex, a security guard asked him not to park there since the spot is not a parking space.
As the chauffeur insisted on parking there, the guard got locked in an argument with him, which turned into a scuffle.
Other guards and employees of the complex also came out and joined the scene.
On information, a three-member patrol team of police led by Sub-inspector Jasim rushed there with Gulshan Zone Deputy Commissioner of Police Obaidur Rahman Khan, Assistant Commissioner Zannatul Hasan, and Officer-in-charge Mahbub Alam Khan following.
According to witnesses, the policemen started beating whoever they found inside the complex.
Release link:http://www.thedailystar.net/2006/10/03/d6100301044.htm
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