At 1.00 am on September 18, 2009, the police of the Rupsha Police Station went to the home of Orbindo Mondol Bulu (47) of the village of Doba in Rupsha, Khulna to arrest him. The family members of Bulu alleged that the police, after arresting him, had killed him by strangling and beating. Khulna-BNP leader […]
Kaiser Mahmud Bappi allegedly shot to death by RAB at Rampura in Dhaka
At around 12.30am on September 10, 2009, a team of RAB officers, led by Flight Lieutenant Raihan Asgar Khan, the Operations Officer of RAB 1, conducted a raid at the newly-built Aftab Tower, located at 323 Purba Rampura, Dhaka. It was alleged by the members of the family of Kaiser Mahmud Bappi (24), a resident […]
The police breaks the hands and legs of Abul Bashar Tuhin at the Kotwali Police Station, Sylhet
At 7.30 pm on September 1, 2009, the police of the Kotwali Police Station arrested Abul Bashar Tuhin (40) from House No. 158, Bagbari Sylhet. He lived in No. 3 Nasima House in Lauai of Dokkhin Surma, Sylhet. After being tortured in custody for the whole night, he was initially admitted to the Sylhet Osmani […]
A furniture trader shot dead by the Detective Branch of Police in Kushtia
At 3.30 pm on August 24, 2009, the Detective Branch (DB) of police in Kushtia arrested Shahinur Rahman Dablu (38) of the village of Shaldoho Kushtia at his house. It has been alleged by the family members of late Dablu that he was shot and killed by the DB the following day on August 25, […]
Allegation of a shrimp merchant being shot to death at Tala, Shatkhira
At around 7.30 pm on August 18, 2009, Mohammad Lutfor Rahman Gazi (32) from the village of Shahapur, Tala was arrested by the police of the Shatkhira Police Station from the house of Advocate Shabuj at Khan Bahadur Ahsanullah Road. It has been alleged by the family of the victim that the police took Lutfor […]
Businessman allegedly tortured by RAB Officer for his attempt to recover the outstanding money at Bangshal in Dhaka
On July 14, 2009, Md. Liakot Ali Babul from 178/2 Bangshal Road, Lalbagh, Dhaka, was arrested by members of RAB-10 from the ‘Milu Auto’ shop on the Ponchayet Koborsthan Road near the Bangshal crossroads. It has been alleged that after being taken to the Dholpur camp of RAB-10, Babul was tortured by Major Abu Mohammad […]
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