The InternationalCovenant on Civil and Political Rights: A Study on Bangladesh Compliance 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. 61

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