PBI Sees No Evidence of Torturing Cartoonist Kishore

The Police Bureau of Investigation (PBI) has not found any specific evidence as to who arrested and tortured the cartoonist Ahmed Kabir Kishore. It was not possible to identify any accused involved in the incident.

There is no evidence that Kishore was physically and mentally tortured in police custody after his arrest. However, on May 5 of that year, the teenager was arrested from his home in a case under the Digital Security Act, the PBI has received information about that.

This information was confirmed by Sheristadar Rashid of Dhaka Metropolitan Sessions Judge's Court on Wednesday (November 18).

He said the investigation officer of the case, PBI Superintendent of Police Mohammad Mizanur Rahman, had submitted a report in the Dhaka Metropolitan Sessions Judge's Court on October 17. A hearing on the report will be held on November 24.

The cartoonist Kishore filed a case on March 14 against unknown individuals under the Torture and Death in Custody Act for allegedly carrying out 'torture in an unknown place' before being shown arrested after being taken from his home.

In the report, the investigating officer of the case mentioned that the allegation of physical abuse against 16-17 unidentified persons in white clothes was not initially proved.

On March 20, a three-member medical board of Dhaka Medical College Hospital (DMCH) examined Kishore's physical condition. They found no sign of torture on his body.