Dhaka, Aug. 24 -- Death in law enforcement custody is increasing in an alarming rate across the country. The recent death incident in city's Hatirjheel Police Station custody shocked the whole nation. People are angrily protesting against such repetition of incidents in the thana custody.

Though crossfire incidents have decreased in the recent time, deaths in police custody is on the rise. There had been two crossfire incidents in the first seven months of this year. But there were 11 deaths in custody.

According to the Ain O Salish Kendra (ASK), there were 51 crossfire and 29 custodial deaths in the last year. Excluding crossfire, there were 24 custodial deaths in 2020, 32 in 2019, 54 in 2018 and 35 in 2017. Since the enactment of the ...