Abuse and custodial torture and killing by the special forces like the RAB also remains virtually unchallenged, precisely because victims or relatives of victims are intimidated, or because of the reluctance of the police to accept a case against members of such special forces.12 Only in a few instances, the High Court issued Rules to protect the rights of persons taken into custody by the RAB. In one incident, the High Court Division of the Supreme Court of Bangladesh issued a suo motu Rule against the RAB on the basis of a report published in the Bangla Daily Janakantha dated 24 July 2006 that one Kishore Kumar, a garage worker, was arrested by the RAB from his house in Jessore and his whereabouts were not known to his relations. Human Rights and Peace for Bangladesh (HRPB), a human rights organization, appearing as intervenor in the case, submitted that despite the fact that there was a provision in the Cr. P.C. for producing a citizen before a court within 24 hours of arrest, the police and the RAB personnel had not observed this in many cases.13 The High Court Division directed the law enforcing agencies, especially the RAB, to follow the Cr. P.C. provisions in the case of the arrest of any citizen. In another instance, on the basis of a public interest writ petition filed by Human Rights and Peace for Bangladesh (HRPB), the High 12 See, Mehedi Murder- ‘Case against RAB in Barisal refused’, The Daily Star, November 07, 2004 available at: www.thedailystar.net/2004/11/07/d41107012319.htm, ‘Khilgaon Police refuse to take against RAB: Sumon’s family’, UNB, 4th June, 2005. 13 Adeeba Aziz Khan, ‘Right to Freedom from Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment,’ in: Human Rights in Bangladesh 2006, A publication of ASK, Dhaka, 2007, p. 49. 30