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(West Zone) accused her of lying. The Deputy
Commissioner of Police (South Zone) and the
Deputy Commissioner ordered their subordinates
to break Ms S. S. S.’s hands and legs. Male police
officers placed their hands on Ms S. S. S.’s lower
abdomen to check whether she was pregnant.
They tied a rope around her abdomen and
forcefully pulled on both ends of the rope.
Thereafter they forced her into a prison van.
Inside the van, policemen walked on her body and
kicked her genitalia as well as her lower
abdomen. After Ms S. S. S. fainted she was
discarded on the street. Ms S. S. S. suffered
severe injuries to her thighs, lower abdomen,
back, waist, hip and other areas of her body. She
also suffered two fractures, one in her right elbow
and the other in the small finger on her right hand.
Ms S. S. S.lodged a complaint against the alleged
perpetrators at Mohammadpur Police Station but
the police refused to record the case. On 14
March 2006, she filed a case (CR Case number
312/06) with the Chief Metropolitan Magistrate’s
Court in Dhaka against the Deputy
Commissioners, the police constable, and a
number of other police officers under the Penal
Code. On March 19, Ms S. S. S. filed a second
case (Number: 23/06) against the alleged
perpetrators under sections 10/30 of the Women
and Child Repression Prevention (Special
Provision) (Amended) Act 2003. Neither case has
led to a conviction of any of the alleged
perpetrators. Over recent months, unknown
perpetrators have on several occasions
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