A/HRC/4/33/Add.1 Page 19 Para Country Date Type Mandate Allegations transmitted Government Response legal defence. The Department of Public Prosecutions heard the statements of the witnesses for the defence, at the request of the accused persons. From the very beginning of the investigation, anyone against whom there was insufficient evidence for prosecution was released. The Department of Public Prosecutions sent the accused persons who had been injured during the riot to a police doctor to assess their injuries and prescribe treatment for them, even though they did not indicate who had caused the injuries. The families and lawyers of the accused persons were allowed to visit them on 21 January 2006, i.e. two days after the incident occurred. The father of Abdullah Madan was allowed to visit his son on 22 January 2006 and to give him the medicine that he needed. 10. Bangladesh 31/05/06 JUA HRD; IJL; TOR; VAW; Atiur Rahman, a lawyer, his wife Ms S. S. S. and his legal assistant Mr Nawsher Ahmed. On 12 March 2006, Ms S. S. S. was taken into custody and beaten by the police in Dhaka. She was pregnant at that time, but has since lost her child. She filed a complaint together with her husband against the police officers. Since then, she and her husband have been receiving threats. In particular, on 24 May 2006, Mr Atiur Rahman was stopped by a group of armed and unidentified persons. The attackers held a pistol to his chest, questioned him about his identity and threatened to shoot him. That same morning, while Mr Atiur Rahman’s legal assistant, Mr Nawsher Ahmed, went to collect documents from the record office