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accomplice were holding a meeting when the two men
opened fire. The security forces allegedly returned fire, killing
Sayeed. According to witnesses, no gunfight took place and
the police and the RAB staged the incident. There were also
no developments in the May-2009 case in which a team from
the RAB allegedly killed two Dhaka Polytechnic Institute
students, Mohammad Ali Jinnah and Mohsin Sheikh, in a
shootout. Family members, fellow students, and teachers
alleged Jinnah and Sheikh were members of the Bangladesh
Chhatra League and did not have criminal records. The RAB
alleged that the two students were ‘criminals’ and ‘muggers’.73
According to the human rights organization Ain-O-Shalish
Kendra (ASK), 133 deaths occurred in custody in 2010 alone,
including 74 deaths in prison. Many of the deaths were
allegedly the result of torture.74
Custodial Deaths in 2011
Administrative
Under Trial
Convicted
Divisions
Prisoners
Prisoners
Dhaka
34
28
Chittagong
05
04
Rajshahi
16
10
Khulna
07
05
Barisal
02
03
Sylhet
01
01
Total
65
41
Source: Documentation Unit, Ain o Salish Kendro
75
Ibid.
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