About three weeks have passed in the Owes Ahemmed Khan brutal attack incident at Rasalpur village, six km from Jagatsinghpur town, yet police have failed to nab the culprits.
Ironically though victim’s mother Tahera Khatun approached district senior police officials, including the SP, several times for taking action against the attackers, yet it yielded no result.
On Saturday, the victim’s family met IG Central Range R P Koche in Cuttack and submitted a petition alleging Jagatsinghpur police’s lackadaisical attitude in the case and demanded immediate arrest of the persons who are involved in the attack. They also sought protection for the family.
Reports said that Owes Khan, a resident of Rasulpur, was attacked on April 12 last while he was returning home at night. A few of his community people overpowered him at the village outskirts, tied him to a plastic chair, beat him with an iron rod and sticks in a shop. Owes suffered multiple body injuries and his two legs and hands were fractured. He fell unconscious.
The attackers snatched Rs5,000, a wrist watch and a mobile phone of the victim and fled the spot. locals rescued the victim from the spot and immediately shifted him to the SCB Medical College and Hospital, Cuttack for treatment in critical condition. Victim’s mother Tehera Khatun lodged an FIR at Tirtol police station the next day.
Basing on the victim mother’s complaint, the police registered a case bearing No 116/ 2016 against 12 persons, including a few women under various Sections of IPC and assured the victim’s family of taking prompt action.
Two days later, the police arrested one Anis Uddin and forwarded him to court. He is now lodged in jail after Additional District Judge Court, Jagatsinghpur, rejected his bail pleas. Meanwhile, the police have not arrested other 11 accused persons including few women involved in the case. Meanwhile, for seeking legal remedy, a few of them have approached the Orissa High Court for anticipatory bail.
Owes revealed that the accused men have link with influential persons and ruling party leaders.
Sources said that the Owes was attacked by his wife’s family members after he separated from her over family discord. Most of the accused are working in Dubai. Owes too was working in Dubai and had returned to village on leave. In 2014, he had married Bilkish Khatun. After having separated, Khatun filed a case at a family court against Owes seeking maintenance and the court asked Owes to provide Rs3,000 per month to Khatun recently. However, Khatun’s family was not happy over the sum of money.