An assistant sub-inspector (ASI) has been withdrawn from Shibaloy Police Station for allegedly assaulting a man who went to police to seek justice following rape attempt on his five-year-old child in Manikganj.
Bangladesh will ban questions probing the "immoral character" of rape victims in criminal cases, authorities said Tuesday, after a long campaign by rights groups against humiliating interrogations of traumatised survivors.
Experts say the country's Evidence Act, a 19th-century relic of the British colonial era, has been routinely used to discredit the testimony of victims during court cross-examinations and police investigations.