A court on Wednesday ordered the exhumation of the body of Rayhan Ahmed, who died in police custody in Sylhet.
Sylhet Kotwali Model Police Station sub-inspector (SI) Baten, former investigative officer of Rayhan murder case, appealed to the court to exhume the body of Rayhan.
Jyotirmoy Sarkar, additional deputy commissioner (media) of Sylhet Metropolitan Police, confirmed the matter.
Meanwhile, a team of Police Bureau of Investigation (PBI), led by police super (PBI) Mohammad Khaleduzzaman, visited Sylhet Bandarbazar police outpost on Wednesday.
Sylhet Deputy Commissioner, earlier, appointed a magistrate following SI Baten's petition.
Earlier, Rayhan Ahmed, 34, a resident of Akhalia in Sylhet city, allegedly died in police custody on Sunday morning (October 11).
The victim’s family alleged that Rayhan was beaten to death in police custody after police detained him. But, police claimed angry mob beat Rayhan to death suspecting him as a robber.
Rayhan's widow Tahmina Akhter Tanni has filed a murder case with Kotwali Police Station.
The case was, later, handed over to the PBI on Tuesday as per the directives of the Police Headquarters in Dhaka.
Meanwhile, Bandarbazar Police Outpost in-charge SI Akbar Hossain Bhuyian, who was withdrawn after the death of Rayhan, fled away. His mobile phone was also found switched off.
Earlier on Monday (Obctober 12), four police personnel, including SI Akbar, were suspended while three others withdrawn following the death of Rayhan in police custody.
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