The chairman of the National Human Rights Commission, Mizanur Rahman, on Saturday called for a judicial inquiry into the death of former deputy attorney general Mamtaj Uddin Ahmed in police custody.
'The responsibility for any unnatural death lies on the state. If the death takes place because of torture in the state's custody, it becomes a matter of grave concern,' he said in the Supreme Court's premises where he went to attend Ahmed's funeral.
Mizan also stressed the need for another inquiry by the home affairs ministry on its own. 'If both the inquiries fail to gain acceptability, the National Human Rights Commission will itself probe the death,' he said.
He also said that exemplary punishment has to be ensured for the culprits if Ahmed's death was indeed caused by torture in police custody. 'If a lawyer of the highest court in the country is not safe, then the commoners are in real danger,' he said.
MU Ahmed, a pro-BNP lawyer, died on Friday at Square Hospitals 15 days after falling sick in police custody.
His widow, Selina Ahmed, has alleged that physical and mental torture in custody had caused the death of her husband, but the police have denied the accusation outright.
Source : New Age
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