Irfan Selim fired from councilor post

Mohammad Irfan Selim, son of Dhaka-7 MP Haji Mohammad Selim, who was convicted of beating Navy officer Wasif Ahmed Khan, has been suspended from the post of councilor of ward No 30 of Dhaka South City Corporation (DSCC).

His dismissal order was issued by the local government department on Tuesday.

Replying to a question from reporters at the secretariat this afternoon, Local Government Minister Tajul Islam said, "According to the law, he will be suspended first and later he will be dismissed permanently.

Earlier, a mobile court of Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) on Monday sentenced Irfan and his bodyguard Zahid to one year in jail for possessing illegal walkie-talkies and drinking liquor.

Rab said Irfan and Zahid were given six-month jail each for drinking wine and another six months for the illegal possession of walkie-talkies.

Two firearms, 38 walkie-talkies and liquor were seized from the house during the drive, he said.

Rab detained Irfan from his father’s residence on Devdas Lane in Old Dhaka on Monday afternoon on charge of "attacking" Lieutenant Wasif Ahmed Khan of Bangladesh Navy.

Lt Wasif filed the case at Dhanmondi Police Station naming four people and several unnamed accused.

The three other accused are -- AB Siddique Dipu, 45, Md Zahid, 35, and Md Mizanur Rahman, 30.

All the named accused in the case, including Irfan, are now behind bars.

According to the case statement, a private car hit Lt Wasif's motorcycle near Labaid Hospital at Dhanmondi around 7:45pm when he and his wife were returning to their Mohammadpur residence from Nilkhet.

Later, some people came out of the car and physically assaulted the navy official and verbally abused his wife.