Please - Odhikar

Police’s behavior towards accused:
* It was learnt that the police took Tk. 100 for filing each GD. For lodging each GD
officials were found taking Tk. 100
* For Lodging a GD police claimed Taka 200 from one complainant named Hasina
Begum.
There was no bar on communication with the lawyers. Family members were also permitted to
be in touch with the accused but only in exchange for money. Most of the time, the police were
seen to be rude to the arrestees but they were informed about the reason of their arrest. Most of
the time normal arrestees were not tortured physically but torture of the arrestees in remand was,
allegedly, common. No information of sexual harassment was received but Odhikar fact finders
observed undue influence for money.
* Two/three children of hardly 14/15 years old were seen in the custody rooms but in the
registrar their ages were mentioned as 19/20
* Abdul Kader, father of one remanded Mokhles, informed Odhikar that police misbehaved
with him when he came in the police station to see his son.
* Shah Alam who was arrested for theft was threatened with beatings in remand.
* Police claimed Tk. 2000 from the Saiful, brother of Sabuj who was arrested under DMP
Ordinance
* Two arrestees named, Nurul Islam and Shajalal were caught by Cobra and taken to the
police station. They were produced to the court after 40 hours of arrest.
* Shaheen and Julhash were kept in the police station for more than 24 hours. Two
arrestees, Sumon and Raju mentioned false addresses and father’s name in the register
book.
* Police claimed Tk. 1,00,00 from the relative of a remanded accuse, Faisal.
* Ripon, arrested under the Narcotics Control Act, was kept in the police station for two
days.
Environment of the custody:
3. Fatulla Thana
There are two custody rooms for male arrestees but for female arrestees there is no custody room
in Fatulla thana. As the number of female arrestees is very few, they are kept in the middle of
those two custody rooms, which were separated by collapsible gates. It is actually a passage
between two custody rooms. The custody rooms are small in size. With the two custody rooms
there are two toilets but if there is any female arrestee then the authority takes special
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