A/HRC/7/3/Add.1 page 29 Para 22. Country Date Follow-up to past cases Type Mandate Allegations transmitted walk. Mr. Alam Akash remains detained on extortion charges and has not yet appeared in court. Prior to these attacks, Mr. Alam Akash had been broadcasting and publishing news on alleged abuses of power by RAB. In particular, on 2 May 2007 he presented a report on an attempted extrajudicial execution by RAB agents that had taken place in Rajshahi. He has also received numerous death threats due to his work and has suffered physical assaults in the past after publishing critical articles regarding local politicians. M. K. and Rafiqul Islam (A/HRC/4/33/Add.1, para. 13) Government response By letter dated 4/04/07, the Government informed that the alleged facts stated in the summary are not accurate. On 20 July 2006, a complaint against an assistant sub-inspector of Khulna district police was lodged by M. K. to the Woman and Children Repression Prevention Tribunal, Khulna. Subsequently, the magistrate first class, Zone A, Khulna, was directed by the judge of the tribunal to conduct a judicial inquiry into the matter. The magistrate submitted a report on 25 February 2007, stating that no prima-facie case was made out. An inquiry by an assistant superintendent of police, Khulna, found that on 21 July 2006 at 3 p.m., two constables rushed to the house of a wanted terrorist named Rafiqul Islam. The suspect attempted to flee and fell into a nearby pond. He was arrested, and relatives including M. K. attempted to intervene and prevent Mr. Islam from being taken into custody. The police brought the situation under control and the suspect was brought to Digholia Police Station