Alvee’s mother, Rehena Akhtar, filed the complaint, saying her son was sitting on the west side of Suhrawardy Udyan on November 8, talking to a girlfriend. At that time, Tabarak, Mursalin, Shakib, Zubair, Humayun and others harassed and threatened them in various ways. When Alvi protested, he was taken to a secluded place in the garden and tortured. He was beaten with rods, sticks and wood. Tabarak beat Alvi with a rod and made him bleed. Mursalin hit him with a stick and broke Alveer’s right elbow bone.
Zubair kicked Alveer’s chest and back. Some people including Shakib burnt Alvi’s body with cigarette fire. Apart from this, Alvi was punched in the face, head, lips and eyes. Tabarak took 2 thousand 500 taka from Alvi’s pocket. Mursalin took away a mobile phone worth 25 thousand taka from Alvi and broke it. The accused burnt important documents including Alveer’s driving license. Alvi was seriously injured and admitted to a private hospital in Dhanmondi. He was undergoing treatment in the Intensive Care Unit (ICU) when the case was filed.
When asked about the case, Noor Mohammad, officer-in-charge of Shahbag police station, told Prothom Alo, ‘No one has been arrested in this case so far. We will take legal action through proper investigation.’
Dhaka University Proctor Maksudur Rahman said that he is aware of the case. He told Prothom Alo, ‘Since a case has been registered at the police station, the police will take appropriate legal action in this case. And the university will also look into the matter.’
