DHAKA: Bangladeshi Police Detectives on Friday forcibly discharged three injured student protest leaders from a Dhaka Hospital, taking them to an undisclosed location, According to Hospital Staff.
Asif Mahmud, Nahid Islam, and Abu Baker Majumder, members of the Students Against Discrimination group, had been receiving treatment for injuries they claimed were inflicted during torture in earlier police custody. This group has been behind recent street protests against civil service hiring regulations.
The protests, which erupted in deadly violence, resulted in at least 193 deaths, according to an AFP tally based on reports from police and hospitals. This unrest is among the worst seen during Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina’s administration.
Gonoshasthaya hospital supervisor Anwara Begum Lucky confirmed to AFP that detectives from the Detective Branch had insisted on the discharge of the student leaders, despite her reluctance. She said that police pressure had forced the hospital chief to comply.
Islam’s elder sister, Fatema Tasnim, reported that six plainclothes detectives had taken all three men from the hospital.
