In a rejoinder to a report published in The Daily Star on May 27 under the headline 'Prisoner complains of torture in Kashimpur Jail', Senior Jail Super Bishwanath Das said the report is false and baseless.

In the rejoinder issued on May 28, the senior jail super said that the convict was brought to Kashimpur Central Jail-1 on February 25 and then to Kashimpur Central Jail-2 on April 20 from the Dhaka Central Jail as he misbehaved with other prisoners and engaged himself in anti-administrative activities there.

Our Reply:

Our report is based on the statement of Shariful Islam, a convict in an arms case and accused in another arms case, given before the Judge Md Shamsul Alam Khan of the First Additional Metropolitan Sessions Judge's Court on May 26.

Meanwhile, the same court on May 28 ordered the senior superintendent of Dhaka Central Jail to investigate the allegations that a deputy jailer of Kashimpur jail in Gazipur tortured the convict.

The court also directed the superintendent to submit the probe report by June 9.

In his order, the judge also said the allegations against the two are shocking, adding that physical torture of the convict is illegal and unacceptable.

We stand by our report.