Bangladesh: Human Rights Monitor abducted by police
Event- Country
- Bangladesh
- Initial Date
- Sep 22, 2015
- Event Description
On 22-09-2015 at around 10:23 am, Banglar Manabadhikar Suraksha Mancha (MASUM)'s District Human Rights Monitor of Murshidabad district, Mr. Ajimuddin Sarkar was abducted by 5-7 policemen in civilian cloths. At that time, Mr. Sarkar was at local Seikhpara crossing discussing issues with a few torture victims and their families. Police arrived in a red Tata Sumo, verbally abused and beat him before taking him away. Ajimuddin Sarkar has been intimidated and tortured by police in the past as well. He was charged with false accusations and faced intense custodial torture, for which he was also undergoing a medical treatment. Police tried to silence MASUM and Mr. Sarkar's voice after the widow of Rajib Molla lodged a criminal case against the involved police personnel who killed her husband at Raninagar police station. MASUM and Mr. Sarkar's help was instrumental to lodge this complaint. Till now, Mr. Ajimuddins family and MASUM have not received any information about his detention and/or his appearance before court of law.
- Impact of Event
- 1
- Gender of HRD
- Man
- Violation
- Abduction/Kidnapping
- Torture
- Rights Concerned
- Right to liberty and security
- HRD
- NGO staff
- Pro-democracy defender
- Perpetrator-State
- Police
- Source
- Monitoring Status
- Active
- Event Location
Latitude: 24.175903900000012
Longitude: 88.2801785
- Event Location
- Summary for Publications
On 22-09-2015 at around 10:23 am, Banglar Manabadhikar Suraksha Mancha (MASUM)'s District Human Rights Monitor of Murshidabad district, Mr. Ajimuddin Sarkar was abducted by 5-7 policemen in civilian cloths.