August 5 killing in Ashulia: Ex-police officer Kafi detained

The Detective Branch (DB) of Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) detained Abdullahil Kafi, the former additional superintendent of police (Crime and Ops) in Dhaka district.

He was detained from Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport on Monday (September 2) night.

According to DB sources, Kafi’s involvement in killing and burning students and people on August 5 in Ashulia is being investigated.

DMP’s Joint Commissioner (DB-North) Rabiul Hossain Bhuiyan told media, “Kafi needs to be interrogated regarding the incident in Ashulia. He is being brought to the DB office for questioning, but we have not yet been able to take him into custody.”

Kafi is allegedly involved in killing and burning students and people in Ashulia, Dhaka, on August 5.

A creepy video showing multiple blood-sustained dead bodies piled on a van, with two individuals wearing police jackets throwing another body onto the pile, went viral on social media since August 30.

Upon investigation, it was found that the location in the video is near Ashulia police station in Baipail, Savar.

The dead bodies were burned down later in a police van.