Dhaka, June 23 -- The Ain o Salish Kendra (ASK) has said the interim government cannot avoid responsibility for the mob assault on former chief election commissioner KM Nurul Huda, calling it "an insult to state dignity and the rule of law".

In a statement issued on Monday, the rights group said at least 83 people have been killed in "mob violence" between January and June this year alone -- warning such numbers point to a deepening state of lawlessness.

On Sunday evening, hours after the BNP filed a case against three former chief election commissioners and other officials over the 10th, 11th, and 12th parliamentary polls, a group of self-proclaimed students and citizens stormed Huda's residence in Dhaka's Uttara.

He was dragged from ...