The video of piling up bodies in a van that went viral on social media occurred at Ashulia on the outskirt of the Dhaka city.
The incident took place on August 5 after Sheikh Hasina resigned as prime minister and fled to India amid the student-led mass uprising.
In the viral video, several bodies were seen piled up in a van.
Besides, it was also seen in the video that another body was being loaded on them by police members in two attempts that was just like throwing sacks loaded with goods. The bodies were later covered with a poster. At that time, some other police members were also seen walking around.
Soon after the gruesome video went viral, an argument arose among netizens where some people were seen suspecting it to be a fake one or a video not related to the latest movement.
It could be, however, confirmed that the incident took place on a road near the Ashulia police station on the afternoon of August 5.
It was primarily believed that the victims were protesters but their identities could not be confirmed.
Out of the several police members there, the identity of one could be confirmed as Arafat Hossain, an inspector of Detective Branch.
DB officer-in-charge Riaz Uddin Biplob confirmed that the police officer was his colleague Arafat who hailed from Barishal.
鈥楢rafat is now not at the office. He went on five-day leave. His leave will end on Sunday,鈥� he said.
Arafat was called but he could not be reached over the phone despite several attempts.
In the video, it was not clear how many bodies were there but those who watched the video assumed the number between four and eight.
