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threatened Ms S. S. S. and her husband Atiur
Rahman, who is also her lawyer, with death if they
continue to pursue criminal action against the
alleged perpetrators.
12.
11/09/06
AL
TOR;
A. F. M. Bahauddin Nasim, aged 45, an aide to
former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, Dhaka. On
28 February 2002 around midnight, as he was
waiting for a flight at Zia International Airport, he
was taken and detained in the office of the
immigration police. Around 3am, a plain-clothes
police officer, who identified himself as belonging
to the Criminal Investigation Department (CID),
accused him of being wanted in connection with
the attack on the motorcade of the then leader of
the opposition Ms Khaleda Zia (current Prime
Minister). When Mr Nasim requested to see the
arrest warrant, he was told that the necessary
documents would be provided later. A few hours
later, he was taken to the CID headquarters,
Malibagh. He was forced to sign some blank
papers. Until late in the evening, he was unable to
inform his family of his whereabouts, or have
contact with a lawyer. He was removed from the
police station, taken first to the roof, then by the
back door, and transported to the court. He was
charged with smuggling foreign currency out of
the country, as well as the attack against Ms Zia's
motorcade, and placed in remand for ten days.
The following morning he was taken by a group of
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