which police officers and RAB members allegedly shot and killed Sayeedur Rahman Sayeed in a ‘crossfire’ in Alamdanga, Chuadanga. The RAB and police claimed they were conducting a raid on a cemetery where Sayeed and his Cases of Custodial Deaths Case 1: On May 11, 2010 Mohammad Manik was arrested after being named in a theft case. While in custody in the Kotowali police station, Manik allegedly was tortured to death by the subinspector, Yunus Miah. Following the incident, the High Court ordered a full investigation. When the police commissioner failed to comply with the order, the High Court ruled the commissioner and the sub-inspector to be in contempt of court. Case 2: On May 24, 2010 RAB officials detained Abul Kalam Azad and his son. They were interrogated separately at RAB headquarters, after which Azad died. Azad’s son claimed that the RAB tortured his father to death. Case 3: On June 29, 2010 the Dhaka metropolitan police detained Mohammad Mizanur Rahman, along with three other persons. While they were in custody, officials took the four individuals to a bridge in Gulshan, where a police sub-inspector, Anisur Rahman, interrogated and shot Mizanur and one other person. Doctors treated Mizanur at Dhaka Medical College Hospital, but he died as a result of his injuries. The Dhaka metropolitan police formed an inquiry committee to investigate the incident. Source: US Department of States, Annual Human Rights Reports, Bangladesh Chapter (2010), and Odhikar 74 60 Ibid.