The photo taken on July 6, 2011 shows police official Harun or Rashid attacks the BNP leader Zainul Abdin Farroque in front of the parliament building of the capital. File Photo: Collected
BNP leader Zainul Abedin Farroque has filed a case against former DB chief Harun-Or-Rashid and another official Biplob Kumar for assaulting him during a hartal programme 13 years ago.
The BNP leader lodged the case with Sher-e-Bangla Nagar Police Station over the incident on Monday afternoon.
In the case statement, Farroque mentioned that the police beat him with sticks and kicked him with boots, intending to kill him.
On July 6, 2011, Farroque, the then opposition chief whip, had come under police attack in front of the parliament building when he was leading a procession towards Farmgate during a strike called by BNP.
The plaintiff alleged that Harun or Rashid, the then additional deputy commissioner (ADC) of the Tejgaon Division and currently additional commissioner of the DMP, and Biplob Kumar Sarkar, the then assistant commissioner (AC) and currently joint commissioner of the DMP along with their subordinates, obstructed the procession.
After an exchange of words, Harun and Biplob, with their forces, attacked him.
During the attack, he suffered injuries to his head, and he lost consciousness after being tortured. His ligaments and left kidney were also damaged.
He alleged that following the incident, BNP lawmaker Ashraf Uddin Nizam tried to file a case at Sher-e-Bangla police station but was not allowed entry by the police officers at that time.
Later, when they filed the case in court, it was dismissed within three days after investigation.
Additionally, the police filed a case against him, for which he is still attending hearings to this day.
Many leaders and activists of BNP and its affiliated organisations were present during the filing case.
