Dr Abdullah Al Mamun, registrar of the National Institute of Mental Health and Hospital (
NIMH), has been arrested over the death of Senior Assistant Superintendent of Police (ASP) Anisul Karim Shipon.
Tejgaon police arrested Dr Mamun from his house on Tuesday morning.
MP Deputy Commissioner (Tejgaon) Harun-Ur-Rashid said Dr Mamun's name came from the statements given by the accused during interrogation.
"We've so far arrested 12, out of 15, FIR listed accused in the case. Four of them have already gave confessional statement to the court," he added.
Everything including those involved in the killing and how Shipon was taken to Mind Aid Hospital from the NIMH came up in the statements.
"Dr Mamun is the registrar of the NIMH. He was the first doctor under whom
ASP Shipon admitted to the hospital for treatment. But, he did not take any initiative for his treatment. Rather Dr Mamun pushed injection to ASP Shipon. As Shipon fell into sleep, he phoned to Mind Aid Hospital and referred him there," said DC Harun.
In his confessional statement given under section 164, Mind Aid manager mentioned that Dr Mamun phoned him first and told that he was sending a patient to the Hospital.
During initial interrogation, Dr Mamun informed that although he is to discharge duty 24 hours at the NIMH, he sees patients in three private hospitals-- Dhaka Clinic in Tangail, Aid Well and Mind Aid in Dhaka.
Dr Mamun rushed to the hospital on receiving the death news of ASP Shipon and shifted him to the National Institute of Cardiovascular Diseases for avoiding his responsibility, said DC Harun.
He said, "We came to know that a broker gets a 10 percent commission for recommending patient to Mind Aid Hospital while Dr Mamun gets 30 percent."
This kind of malpractice is considered to be deceiving patients in the name of treatment. Dr Mamun can not avoid his responsibility for ASP Shipon's death in any way. So that he was arrested, added DC Harun.
Anisul Karim Shipon, the assistant commissioner of Barishal Metropolitan Police's traffic department, was taken to Mind Aid Hospital in city's Adabor area around 11:45am on Monday for treatment. But, he died soon after admission in the hospital.
Later, a video of beating Anisul Karim Shipon in the Aggressive Management Room of Mind Aid Hospital has gone viral on social media.
The victim's father Faizuddin Ahmed lodged a murder case with Adabor Police Station early Tuesday accusing some 15 people.
