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Para
14.
Country
Bangladesh
Date
31/01/07
Type
JUA
Mandate
WGAD;
TOR
Allegations transmitted
Government response
medical treatment. At about 2 p.m. they released
all five. Mr. Hasam was taken to Ward No. 23 of
Salmaneya Hospital the next morning in the
second floor of the old medical complex. However,
in violation of the officially prescribed procedures,
the doctor’s name was not revealed and no
medical reports were issued.
Muzibur Rahman, a businessman, and Wahed, a
relative of Mr. Rahman, Abdul Gafur, aged 38,
and Basu Dev, aged 32. Mr. Muzibur Rahman
was arrested without a warrant by military officers
on 23 January 2007 at around 12.15 p.m. in the
vicinity of the Paikgachha magistrate court in the
district of Khulna, where he had attended a court
hearing on a legal land dispute. Mr. Wahed was
arrested by army officers on the same day at
around 4 p.m. at his shrimp cultivation project
situated in the village of Kamarerabad. The
military officers beat both men with goran sticks
and fists and kicked them with boots at the time of
their arrests. Mr. Muzibur and Mr. Wahed were
tied with ropes and taken to a temporary army
camp situated at the Saline Water Fisheries
Research Institute at Paikgachha town, where
they were interrogated and ill-treated by army
officers. Since their health conditions were
deteriorating the military admitted Mr. Muzibur to
the Paikgachha Upazila HLTH Complex at around
10 p.m. and Mr. Wahed at around 8 a.m. the
following morning. On 25 January 2007 at around
9 a.m., they were transferred to the local police
station in order to be produced before the
magistrate’s court. At the request of Mr. Muzibur’s
By letter dated 28/06/07, the Government
informed that on 23 January 2007, at 2 p.m., Mr.
Rahman was apprehended by law enforcment
agents. He was interrogated about the criminal
activities in the area. Based on the information
extracted from the interrogation, another notorious
criminal Mr. Waheduzzaman was apprehended.
After the routine interrogation both the criminals
were handed over to Paikgacha Police Station at
about 6.35 p.m. On the same day, the police took
both of them to the Paikgacha Upazila Health
Complex, as they felt ill. They stayed at the health
complex for the next seven days and on 31
January 2007, both of them were taken before the
court where they were granted bail by the learned
court. Mr. Gafur and Mr. Basu Dev were arrested
at Kopilmoni on 17 January 2007. Both were
brought to the joint forces camp. On the same day
they were handed over to the local police station.
As per the law of the country, police sent them to
the local court under section 54 of the Criminal
Procedure Code. After the hearing the learned
court granted them bail. Law enforcement
agencies arrested Mr. Aman on 18 January 2007.
During the arrest, the individual was found
intoxicated. Later he was taken to the Paikgacha
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