Shamsul Haq Talukder, father of the victim, Mohammad Sohel, filed a case against the policemen with the Court of Chief Metropolitan Magistrate, Dhaka.

The court however said it will issue its order on the case today.

Shamsul has named three witnesses in the case saying they had seen four armed policemen demanding money from his son before shooting him to death.

"Sohel brawled with the policemen as they demanded quick bucks from him," he quoted the witnesses as saying.

Nayek Habibur Rahman and constable Mohammad Rokanuzzaman shot Sohel eight times in his head, chest and legs at point blank, Shamsul added.

He said constables Mohammad Mohsin and Mohammad Monjurul assisted the killers.

They killed him despite his repeated claims to be innocent, Shamsul said, adding that there is no general diary or case against his son.

OC Jane Alam and sub-inspectors Mohammad Sagir Mian and Kamal Hossain tried to divert the cold-blooded murder, he said. "They did not receive our case, though we made several efforts."

He demanded the arrest of the accused and a CID (Criminal Investigation Department) probe into the killing.

Immediately after the incident, police described Sohel as a mugger and said they shot him when he and his three cohorts hurled bombs at them.

But the rickshawpuller who was carrying Sohel home at Monipuripara in Tejgaon has claimed Sohel's innocence.