HC asks for girl tortured by cops
The High Court yesterday directed Bangladesh National Women Lawyers' Association (BNWLA), a rights organisation, to bring the girl who was allegedly tortured in police custody in Kushtia in September, before it on November 29.
During hearing on a rule, the HC bench of Justice Naima Haider and Justice Muhammad Khurshid Alam Sarkar said it would exclusively record statements from the girl on November 29 about the torture allegation.
According to a report published in the daily Prothom Alo on September 28, police detained the girl and her mother from Rajbari on suspicion on September 9, and tortured them for six days in the police station and the office of Detective Branch of police in the district.
Police also implicated the duo in three separate murder cases, it said.
Deputy Attorney General Mokhlesur Rahman told The Daily Star that the victims [daughter and mother] were released a few days after they were detained.
The same bench on October 1 issued a suomoto rule asking the government and police authorities to explain why they should not be directed to take action against the responsible persons.
It issued the rule after BNWLA leader Advocate Fahima Nasrin Munni placed the report before it.
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