7 Rab men among 11 sued for \\\'murder\\\' in B\\\'baria

BRAHMANBARIA, June 1 (UNB): A case was filed with a local court Sunday against 11 people, including seven Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) men, on charge of torturing a man to death in custody.
Mehedi Hasan, brother of victim Shahnur Alam, son of Rahis Uddin of Bagdahar village in Nabinagar upazila, filed the case with the court of Nabinagar Senior Judicial Magistrate Nazmun Nahar.
The accused include Rab-14 Bhairab camp commanding officer Major AZ Sakib Siddique and sub-inspector M Enamul Haque.
The court fixed June 4 for further hearing on the complaints.
According to the case statement, a team of nine Rab members picked up Shahnur from his house on April 29 night. He was first taken to Nabinagar thana and then to Bhairab camp of Rab.
Relatives alleged that inhuman torture was inflicted on him at the Rab camp. Later, he was handed over to the thana on April 30. Shahnur was shown arrested in a case and produced before a court which sent him to jail on May 1.
Following deterioration of his physical condition, jail authorities admitted him to Brahmanbaria Sadar Hospital on May 4 and shifted to Comilla Medical College Hospital where he died on May 6.