The High Court today refused to grant bail to the then officer-in-charge (OC) of Rajshahi’s Puthia Police Station Shakil Uddin Ahmed in a corruption case filed for manipulating the first information report (FIR) in the labour leader Nurul Islam murder case.
The High Court today wanted to know the progress of investigation into the case filed over Rajshahi's labour leader Nurul Islam and allegation of manipulating its first information report (FIR). The court asked Deputy Attorney General Arobinda Kumar Roy to get update of the investigation from the Police Bureau of Investigation (PBI) and inform it on Sunday (June 6).
FIR Manipulation: ACC sues former OC of Puthia
Police Inspector Shakil Uddin Ahamed. Photo: Collected Staff Correspondent, Rajshahi Staff Correspondent, Rajshahi
The Anti-Corruption Commission yesterday sued Inspector Shakil Uddin Ahamed for tampering with FIR of labour leader Nurul Islam murder case in Rajshahi s Puthia in 2019.
ACC Assistant Director Al Amin filed the case with its integrated office in Rajshahi under the Penal Code and Prevention of Corruption laws, said Jahangir Alam, ACC deputy director.
In December 2019, the High Court ordered the ACC for necessary legal action as it found Shakil s involvement in tampering with the FIR was a grave and punishable offence.