June 6, 2010 Mahmudur Rahman, the Acting Editor of the Bengali Daily Amar Desh, was arrested under sections 419, 420 and 500 of the Penal Code under the Tejgaon Industrial Area Police Station Case No. 1(6)2010 and again under sections 143, 342, 332, 353, 186, 506, 114 of the Penal Code under the Tejgaon Police […]
Death of motor mechanic Rabiul Islam Khokon, due to torture inflicted while in custody at Chatkhil Police Station under Noakhali District
Rabiul Islam Khokon (23), a Mechanic in Majjatpara village in Chatkhila, Noakhali, was taken into remand on the 12th of May, 2010 at 1.00 am in the morning. His parents Md. Shahjahan and Rawshan Akhter accused Sub-Inspector Abdul Mannan of having tortured their son in remand. Khokon was brought to Dhaka Medical College Hospital on […]
Mohammad Manik allegedly died in the custody of Kotwali police in Chittagong
On 11 May 2010 at around 7.00 a.m, Mohammad Manik (38), a night guard of Anjuman Residential Hotel of Reazuddin Bazar, 116 Station Road, under the Chittagong City Corporation, died in the Kotwali police station of Chittagong, while he was in custody of the police. The family alleged that Sub Inspector Yunus Mia arrested Manik […]
Md. Zakir Hossain allegedly tortured to death in Ramna Model Police Station custody
On March 4, 2010 at around 12.05 pm, Senior Assistant Police Commissioner of the Detective Branch, Mohammad Mokhlesur Rahman arrested Md. Zakir Hossain (42) from his rented house at Shahidnagar residential area in Fatulla under Narayanganj district. Zakir Hossain was taken on 2 days remand by DB police. He was sent to Court on March 8, […]
A Bangladeshi farmer picked up by BSF from the Rotnai border of Thakurgaon District and detained in Indian jail
Mohammad Dilbar Hossain was a farmer who lived in the village of Barosha under Baliadangi Police Station in Thakurgaon district which fell near the Indian borders Sonamothi. On the Bangladesh side the village is within the pillar no 382 sub-pillar 3 at the Rotnai border. Dilbar was living with his wife and father. He had […]
Allegation of a Chatra Dal leader being tortured in custody at Netrokona Model Police Station
At around 10.00 am on August 24, 2009, Morshed Habib Bhuiyan Jewel (32), President of the Atpara Unit Chatra Dal of Netrokona District, went to the Khadda Bhaban at Abdul Gani Road, Dhaka, to submit a tender related documents concerning the renovation of food warehouses. On the same day at around 11.30 am, the police of […]
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