79 killed in custody in 6 months: ASK
20 crossfire deaths
in June alone: BSEHR
STAFF REPORTER
Ain O Salish Kendra (ASK), a legal aid and human rights organisation, has expressed concern over human rights abuse in the country. It said in a report that at least 79 people were killed in police custody over the past six months. The rights body yesterday (Thursday) released the report on human rights violations from January to June this year. Expressing serious concern over the issue, the rights organisation said there were several incidents of extrajudicial killings recently in the name of so-called gun fight. They said at least 14 people were killed in crossfire in June alone.Lashing out at such heinous acts, they said these were brutal incidents and a complete violation of human rights. They also demanded that the government form a judicial committee to investigate these killings and take steps to stop such heinous acts committed by members of law enforcement agencies. The rights body said they prepared the report based on what the countrys leading daily newspapers had published. Over 60 people were killed in firing by the police, RAB, DB police and the BGB in the last six months. According to family members of victims and eye-witnesses, policemen in plain-clothes detained over 50 people during the period. The bodies of six of them were found later, the report said. There were 811 incidents of political violence in which at least 154 people were killed and over 10,000 injured, the report said.
