DHAKA, 12, February, 2021 (TON): The navy officer assault case advanced as the police have charged Erfan Selim, son of MP Haji Mohmmad Selim, and four others for assaulting the Bangladesh Navy officer.

The Detective Branch of police submitted the charge-sheet to court on Thursday after finding evidence against the five, said HM Azimul Haque, deputy commissioner of Dhaka Metropolitan Police’s DB.

On 25 October, the naval officer, Lt Wasif Ahmed Khan, started the case at Dhanmondi Police Station against Erfan, Zahid, and several others, a day after the incident.

He named Haji Selim’s protocol officer AB Siddique Dipu, Mohammad Zahid, and Mizanur Rahman, for the charge of beating him up after a collision between their car and his motorcycle.   

The four are behind bars while another suspect, ‘Ripon’, named in the charge-sheet, is on the run, said Azimul.

The Rapid Action Battalion arrested Erfan after the incident. A mobile court sentenced him and Zahid to one year in jail for possession of illegal liquor and walkie-talkies.

The RAB initiated two cases against Erfan on drugs and illegal arms charges, but police in the investigation sought to drop the charges against him saying they did not find evidence of his involvement with the drugs and firearm seized in his house.

However, the government also suspended Erfan as a ward councilor under Dhaka South City Corporation.