The family of Constable Kausar Ali, who shot dead his co-worker while on police duty in Dhaka’s diplomatic enclave, say he suffers from ‘mental illness’. According to the family, Kausar ‘did not use drugs’ and there were ‘no major family problems’. Sometimes, when he was affected by his mental illness, he would become like this. Monirul and Kausar spoke again when the glass on the guard room window was moved aside. Asked how Kausar was allowed to remain on duty if he had a mental illness, Majharul said: “We did not have any information that he had a mental illness.
