Wikileaks Crossfire killings necessary Rab’s former second man Bari told US envoy Chowdhury Fazlul Bari, former second-in-command of Rab, during a June 2005 conversation with US embassy officials had described extrajudicial killings in the name of “crossfire” by the force as a necessary, short-term expedient, according to a diplomatic dispatch. An influential figure during the ... Read more
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3 killed in ‘shootouts’
Three criminals, including an outlaw, were killed in ‘shootouts’ with the Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) in Kushtia and Bagerhat early yesterday and Monday afternoon. Of the dead, one was identified as Raisuddin, 32, a regional leader of the outlawed ‘Gono Bahini’ while the other two could not be identified as of
HRC chief doubts ‘self-defence’ claim
‘Crossfire’ Killings HRC chief doubts ‘self-defence’ claim Only the judiciary can determine whether self-defence is a reason for law enforcers to commit extra-judicial killings, National Human Rights Commission Chairman Prof Mizanur Rahman said yesterday. “There have been claims that law enforcers shoot in self-defence. Only the judiciary can determine if such shootings were done in ... Read more