Man arrested by Rab dies in Kushtia
Our Correspondent, Kushtia
An alleged criminal died at a Kushtia hospital yesterday, 10 days after the elite anti-crime Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) arrested him with two others in the town. Jumman Khan, 26, son of Abdus Sobhan of Charkuthipara, died at Kushtia General Hospital, sources said. The body was handed over to his family members in the noon after autopsy. On July 10, Rab officials held Jumman, Minar Hossain, 25, son of Abdus Shahid, and Anwar, 30, son of Erfan Ali at Minar's house in the town with two foreign rifles, four bullets and three other weapons, police said. Of them, Minar died at Kushtia General Hospital on July 11, sources added. Rab officials handed over Anwar and Jumman to police soon after Minar's death. Both were undergoing treatment at the same hospital, police added. Families of Jumman and Minar claimed that the crackdown force tortured them in a Rab camp and both died due to torture. In another incident in Meherpur Sadar upazila in Kushtia, unknown criminals abducted a college student on Sunday, locals said. Khalequzzaman Manik, a roommate, told police that a gang picked up Humayan Kabir Pintu, 23, second year honours student of chemistry at Kushtia Government University College, sometime after 2:30pm. A man called Pintu's elder brother Sangram Hossain, an employee of Meherpur Municipality, over his cell phone on Monday and demanded Tk 5 lakh ransom. Sangram filed a case with Kushtia Sadar Police Station.
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