Bangladesh, Nov. 26 -- The wife of a lifer has approached a court in the port city accusing five officials, including the senior superintendent of Chattogram Central Jail, of torturing her husband.

Parvin Akter, the wife of murder convict Md Shamim, filed the complaint against the five in the court of Chattogram Metropolitan Magistrate Sarwar Jahan on Thursday. The hearing is slated for Tuesday, said bench secretary Md Bakhtiar.

Those named in the complaint are senior jail superintendent Shafiqul Islam, jailor Dewan Mohammad Tariqul Islam, deputy jailor Md Saimur, and jail guards Sabuj Dash and Md Emdad Hossani.

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According to the complaint, Shamim was a...