NHRC decries cop torture on journo of Prothom Alo

National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) Chairman Mizanur Rahman yesterday condemned the reported torture on ABM Mizanur Rahman, Baufal upazila correspondent of Bangla daily Prothom Alo, in police custody.

Meanwhile, a petition was filed with the Patuakhali district and session judges' court challenging Baufal upazila judicial magistrate's Sunday's denial of bail to Mizanur and sending him to jail.

In a statement, the NHRC chairman expressed concern over other attacks on journalists and opined that exemplary punishment should be meted out to the perpetrators.

Police on last Tuesday arrested Mizanur in Kalaiya Bazar area in Baufal on charges of assaulting a policeman and filed a case. Mizanur was then tortured, allegedly led by Officer-in-Charge Noresh Chandra Karmaker. At one stage he fainted and police took him to Baufal upazila hospital, but returned with him without ensuring treatment, because some local journalists were there.