Death in ‘police custody’: 111 injury marks on Rayhan’s body, autopsy report says

Rayhan Ahmed, who was allegedly tortured to death in Sylhet city's Bandarbazar police outpost, had 111 injury marks on his body and two of his nails were pulled off, according to the autopsy report.

His stomach was empty and he had severe internal bleeding because of excessive physical torture.

He was tortured between two and four hours before his death, said Dr Mohammad Shamsul Islam, head of the Forensic Department.

The autopsy report was handed over to the Police Bureau of Investigation (PBI) last night.

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Surveillance cameras at Bandarbazar Police outpost show Rayhan being brought in around 3:09am on October 10. He was seen being taken to Osmani Medical College Hospital at 6:24am and he died around 7:50am.

Later, the hospital authorities conducted an autopsy and found that Rayhan died due to physical torture.

"His organs were damaged due to hypovolemic shock and neurogenic shock," said Dr Shamsul adding, "the actual reason will be known after getting a viscera report."