Naogaon custodial death

HC wants info on Rab members who arrested, grilled Sultana

HC wants info on Rab members who arrested, grilled Sultana

The High Court today wanted to know details of Rab personnel involved in arresting and interrogating Sultana Jasmine of Naogaon, who died in Rab custody on March 24.

An employee of a Naogaon union parishad land office, Sultana Jasmine, suffered haemorrhages of the brain after being detained by Rab on March 22.

The the HC bench of Justice Farah Mahbub and Justice Ahmed Sohel asked Assistant Attorney General (AAG) Abul Kalam Khan Daud to produce relevant papers before this court tomorrow morning.

The AAG has been asked to inform the HC bench whether a law has been violated in taking her into custody and whether any case has been filed in connection with the death in Rab custody.

The AAG informed the court that no cases were filed in this connection so far and the body of Sultana Jasmine was handed over to the family after autopsy.

The bench passed the orders on a suo motu (voluntary) move after Supreme Court lawyer Manoj Kumar Bhowmik placed a report published on The Daily Star over the death of Sultana Jasmine.-The Daily Star