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A man shot dead by police at Mirpur in Kushtia

According to the witnesses, in the afternoon on April 18, Abbas (40) was picked up from Alamdanga by the police of the Uslampur Police Camp under the Alamdanga Police Station. Abbas’s family alleged that he was shot and killed by the police from the Mirpur Police Station of Kushtia district at night on the same […]

June 18, 2008 | Read full story | Comments are closed

A man allegedly tortured to death by police at Narayanganj

A man named Fakir Chan (35) from the village of Mijimiji of Siddhirganj Upazila (Sub-district) in Narayanganj district was arrested from Maulvibazar by the police on April 13, 2008. The police authorities urged that while Fakir Chan was in police remand, he fell ill and was taken to the hospital on April 19, 2008 when […]

June 13, 2008 | Read full story | Comments are closed

A Man allegedly shot to death by police at Chuadanga

At around 11.30 pm on April 4, 2008, Mohir Uddin (26) from the village of Jagonnathpur of Alamdanga, Chuadanga, was allegedly shot to death by police. However, the police have stated that Mohir Uddin was killed in a “shootout”. Chuadanga-Man shot death-Extra judicial killing-2008 (full text in English, PDF) Chuadanga-Man shot death-Extra judicial killing-2008 (full […]

June 4, 2008 | Read full story | Comments are closed

A man was allegedly tortured to death by the police of Kushtia

The family members of Akhtar Hossain (35) alleged that at 2 am on March 10, 2008, Akhtar Hossain was physically tortured to death by the Police of the Kushtia Sadar Police Station. However, the Police commented that he was killed by a mob as he went to collect extortion money behind Bismillah Fish Hatchery at […]

May 10, 2008 | Read full story | Comments are closed

One allegedly beaten to death in the custody of Botiyaghata Police Station in Khulna

On 7 March 2008 in the afternoon, a team of Khulna district Detective Branch of Police (DB Police) arrested Abul Hossain Dhali (25), a resident of the Boichana village of Shatkhira district, from Khunla Zero Point and handed him over to the Botiyaghata Police Station. The police authority of the Batiyaghata Police Station stated that […]

May 7, 2008 | Read full story | Comments are closed

One killed by police gunfire in Kushtia

Akbar Ali (55) was the son of late Mofizur Rahman (Mofi) Mondol and a resident of the village Nawdapara in Chithlia Union Parishad under Mirpur Upazilla in Kushtia district. Akbar’s family alleged that he was killed by the police of the Mirpur Police Station on 9 February 2008 at around 10:00 in the morning. On […]

April 9, 2008 | Read full story | Comments are closed