Of them, 238 people were killed by police, 88 by the Rapid Action Battalion (Rab), three by Cheetah and Cobra, 20 by other law enforcement agencies during the 10 months, said the report based on information published in newspapers and other sources.

Bangladesh Human Rights Commission report also stressed the need for holding trial for each killing by law enforcers through proper investigation.

A report by Bangladesh Institute of Human Rights (BIHR) said law enforcers physically assaulted 2,127 people during the ten-month period.

The BIHR report said 99 political leaders and workers, including 44 of the main opposition Awami League and its wings, 36 of the ruling BNP and its wings and 19 of other political parties, were killed during the period.

Human rights organisation Odhikar said 25 people were killed, of them 19 in "crossfire" and seven in custody, across the country in last month while Bangladesh Society for the Enforcement of Human Rights put the number at 31 for the same month.

Of them, 13 people were killed by Rab, 10 by the police, one by Cheetah-Cobra and another by Detective Branch of police in October, said an Odhikar report based on information published in different national dailies.

Political violence left 21 killed and 1005 injured and police arrested 56 for their alleged involvement in the violence, the Odhikar report added.

Thirty-eight women and children were raped in October and of them three were killed after rape. During this month, 21 people including five children, 10 women and six men received acid burns, the report said.

Twenty-six women were reportedly victimised for dowry and of them 15 were killed while nine were tortured, one was acid-burnt and another committed suicide, the report mentioned.

The Odhikar report also said twenty-four children were killed, 12 raped, 31 smuggled out, 13 abducted and five suffered acid burns in last month.

Four journalists were injured in last month while five were assaulted, 14 were given death threat and seven others implicated in cases, it added.

Bangladesh Mahila Parishad, a women organisation, in its press release said 702 women were tortured in October while Bangladesh Nari Progati Sangha's press release put it at 144 for the same month.