On September 16, 2012, Mohammad Rahat Ali (53) son of late Nawab Ali and Mosammot Romesa Begum of Bashbaria village under the Mirpur Police Station of Kushtia district was arrested by the Mirpur police from Shah Ali Mazar Market area in Dhaka. On September 18, 2012 at around 3:45 am, Rahat was taken to Kursha […]
College student Sumaiya Sultana Shima and her mother Aleya Akhter were given electric shocks and physically tortured in six days of confinement in police custody at Kushtia
At around 3 am on September 9, 2012, Aleya Akhter (50) and Sumaiya Sultana Shima (18), respectively the wife and daughter of late Salam Molla, resident of 1 no. Beradanga area of Rajbari pouroshobha of Rajbari district was detained without any case by the police of Khoksha Police Station of Kushtia. The police of Khoksha Police Station and […]
Mohammad Anwar Hossain of Bhola district was allegedly tortured at the Lalmohon Police Station
On August 20, 2012 at around 8:00 pm Lalmohon police arrested and took Mohammad Anwar Hossain, son of Manik Showdagar and Bibi Sokhina to Lalmohon Police Station of Bhola district in custody. His family alleged that the police tied his hands from behind, blindfolded him and beat him on the leg inside the police station. Odhikar’s Statement Torture […]
Farmer Mohammad Abdul Wahab was allegedly dead and Hasan was allegedly injured in the police fire
Mohammad Abdul Wahab (51) was the son of late Shukur Ali Mondol and Mochammat Rahima Begum of Paikpara village of Sadar upazila of Jhenidah district. Hasan (40) is the son of Munnaf Ali and Saira Khatun of the same village. At around 1 am on June 10, 2012, Abdul Wahab was shot dead and Hasan was injured in […]
Khulna city unit Chhatra Dal activists Mahmudul Haque Titu and Ferdousur Rahman Munna allegedly tortured at Khulna Police Station
On April 22, 2012 at around 10.30 am, during the hartal called by Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP), the police of Khulna Police Station arrested Chhatra Dal Khulna unit’s Assistant General Secretary, S M Mahmudul Haque Titu (26) and Chhatra Dal activist Ferdousur Rahman Munna (22) from Tutpara Central Road area, Khulna. The police took Munna […]
Labour leader Aminul Islam was allegedly killed after being abducted by the law enforcers
Mohammad Aminul Islam (39) was the son of late Mofiz Uddin and Tosiron Begum of Hijolhati Mridhapara village of Kaliakoir thana in Gazipur district. His family alleged that at around 7 pm of April 4, 2012, members of law enforcement agency abducted Aminul. At 7:45 am of April 5, 2012, police of Ghatail Police Station […]
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