Deaths in hands of law enforcers double
Staff Correspondent
As many as 111 people were killed at the hands of law enforcers in the country in the first nine months of the year, while the number was only 56 in 2003, says a press release.Besides, 71 more people were killed under police custody during the period, said a monthly release of Odhikar, a rights watchdog, yesterday. The report, compiled from news items published in the national dailies, also said 395 people were killed, 5,004 were hurt, 2,436 arrested and 22 abducted in political violence. Police in two drives picked up 8,500 people from April 18 to 25 and 5,748 from September 23 to 29, the report said. Four newspersons were killed, 99 of them injured, four arrested, two abducted, 23 assaulted, 65 implicated in cases and 264 received threats across the country. The report went on to say that 673 women and children were raped from January 1 to September 30, while 90 of them were killed. As many as 193 were also acid-burnt. Odhikar further said 118 women were killed in 189 dowry-related incidents, while 1,249 children were oppressed. Of them, 292 were killed, 259 raped, 202 abducted, 29 arrested, 42 acid-burnt, 56 trafficked and 127 went missing. In Chittagong Hill Tracts 35 people were killed, 177 injured and 105 abducted, the report added.
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