8 Investors freed

Police on Tuesday freed eight investors whom they had picked up after announcement of a daylong shutdown in Motijheel the previous day.

On their release, five of the investors alleged that police beat up them while picking them up along with three leaders of the investors’ association.

“After picking us up from during the demonstration, police tortured five on the spot. But they were not tortured in Motijheel Police Station,” Kazi Abdur Razzak, general secretary of Bangladesh Share Investors' Association (BSIA), told The Daily Star Tuesday.

Police did not do anything to president, vice-president and the general secretary of the BSIA.

Police picked up eight investors from Motijheel on charges of blocking roads and vandalising vehicles during a demonstration on Monday.