Torture and Custodial Death (Prevention) Act
Mia Seppo, Miller hail 1st verdict under Anti-Torture Act
The UN Resident Coordinator in Dhaka Mia Seppo and US Ambassador to Bangladesh Earl R Miller have appreciated the first sentencing under Bangladesh Torture and Custodial Death (Prevention) Act.
Three policemen get life term in first verdict over custodial death
In the first verdict under the Torture and Custodial Death (Prevention) Act, a Dhaka court on Wednesday sentenced three policemen to life term imprisonment and two police informants to seven years' jail in a case filed over the custodial death of Ishtiaque Hossain Jonny in 2014.