According to Prothom Alo, on January 21, 2010 a police
assistant sub-inspector in Rangamati sexually assaulted and
attempted to rape an under-aged girl. The police in the area
only accepted the case after human rights organizations
intervened. As of now, no charges were filed, and the officer
was suspended but not terminated. There were no new
developments in the February 2009 case of a member of an
Case 1:
On January 24, 2010 RAB officers arrested Mohammad
Mohiuddin Arif and took him to the Pallabi police station. While
in custody, officers moved him to the Dhaka Medical College
Hospital for treatment and, at that time, he told his father that
members of the RAB had beaten him on his chest and legs.
Officers later took Arif back to the Pallabi police station, but he
died after suffering from further injuries, received during
subsequent interrogations. An unnatural death case was filed,
but there was no arrest so far.
Case 2:
On May 12, 2010 Rabiul Islam Khokon was tortured in remand,
under court-ordered investigative custody, by sub-inspector
Abdul Mannan of the Noakhali Chatkhil police station. Khokon
allegedly was beaten with metal rods, burned with cigarettes,
stabbed with needles, and had several of his joints broken. After
the torture, officials took Khokon to the hospital where he died
of his injuries. Officials arrested Abdul Mannan on the charge of
murder, and put under trial.
Source: US Department of States, Human Rights Reports (2010)
and Odhikar
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