A police officer has been suspended over the deaths of 27 people in stampede during Zakat distribution in Mymensingh. 

Saidul Islam, a town sub-inspector (TSI) of Mymensingh police outpost-2, was suspended on charge of negligence in duty, our correspondent reports quoting Kamrul Islam, officer-in-charge of Kotwali Police Station.

In a stampede for zakat clothes, 23 women and four children got trampled to death in Mymensingh town early yesterday.

Meanwhile, police today produced zakat donor Mohammad Shamim, who owns a chewing tobacco brand Nurani Jarda, his son and his six staff, before before the Cognisance Court-1 and sought seven-day remand for each of them.

Judge of the court Ahsan Habib will hear the remand prayer tomorrow.

The eight were arrested soon after the incident.