Published: 10 March 2021, Daily Star
Link: Ensure judicial probe into death of Mushtaq: ASK

Leading rights body Ain O Salish Kendra (ASK) yesterday called for ensuring an urgent judicial inquiry into the death of writer Mushtaq Ahmed in state custody.

The organisation also urged the government to identify those responsible for the mental torture that Mushtaq Ahmed had to go through and bring them under the relevant law, mentioned a press release signed by ASK executive director Golam Manoar Kamal.

ASK also urged the government to form a judicial inquiry committee to investigate the allegations of torture against cartoonist Kishore and make the results public.

It also demanded amending the Digital Security Act on an urgent basis after consulting all stakeholders, and not arresting anyone under this law until it is amended, the release mentioned.

According to the release, ASK strongly believes that the rights of Mushtaq Ahmed and Kishore Kabir were violated seriously in the whole process. It is the responsibility of the government to inform the truth to people by ensuring a fair and impartial investigation, it further reads.