8 cops closed over death of vendor

Eight policemen were closed to the police lines in Tangail yesterday for their alleged involvement in the death of a man. They are Gopalpur Police Station’s Sub-Inspector Abu Taher, Assistant Sub-Inspector Ashraful Alam, and constables Farid Ahmed, Golam Mostofa, Abdus Sattar, Khairul Kabir, Salman Sadik Sajal and Saddam Hossain, said police. According to witnesses, a group of plain clothes men severely beat up Abdul Hakim, 50, a meat vendor in Gopalpur upazila, and four others on Friday afternoon on the campus premises of Jhaoail Technical College in the district.