Court Correspondent, bdnews24.com
Published: 10 Mar 2021 06:58 PM BdST
Updated: 10 Mar 2021 06:58 PM BdST
Cartoonist Ahmed Kabir Kishore has moved court for permission to charge unidentified individuals with torturing him in an unspecified place before his arrest in a Digital Security Act case. );
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Recently released from jail on bail, Kishore submitted the plea to Dhaka Metropolitan Sessions Judges Court on Wednesday. He wants to file the case under the Torture and Custodial Death (Prevention) Act.
Judge KM Imrul Kayes heard Kishore’s statement and will issue an order on the matter later, said Taposh Paul, the state lawyer of the court.
He was shown arrested under different articles of the Digital Security Act in a case with Ramna police on May 5 last year, according to the petition.