A/HRC/7/3/Add.1 page 20 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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