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 44

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