In its report Odhikar said that nine people were killed in police custody during the time.

It said five journalists were injured and two others assaulted in May while 19 others were threatened and six others implicated in cases.

Political violence left 48 killed and 200 injured. Police arrested 47 for their alleged implication in the violence, Odhikar added.

The Odhikar report also said 101 children were tortured in May. Of them, 33 were killed, 21 raped, 17 abducted and 10 went missing, eight smuggled out, four suffered acid burns, and five committed suicide.

As many as 62 women were raped last month and of them four were killed after rape while two others committed suicide. At least 18 women were reportedly victimised for dowry and of them 15 were killed while two others were tortured and one abducted, the report mentioned.

At least 31 people received acid burns in the month of May, the Odhikar report said.

In a separate press release, DemocracyWatch said that a union parishad chairman and a member were killed in May while four others were injured.

Mass-line Media Centre (MMC), another non-government organisation, in its press release said 374 people were killed in 295 incidents in May while 50 people committed suicide during the same time.

Manobadhikar, a human rights and social welfare organisation in a press release said on average as many as 11 people were killed every day in May.

Bangladesh Mahila Parishad in its press release said 498 women were tortured in May while Bangladesh Nari Progati Sangha's press release put it at 190 for the same month.