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A Bangladeshi worker, who recently died in a Malaysian detention camp, was allegedly tortured by the special immigration police of that country.
The corpse of the victim Ikhtiar, 30, son of Abdul Jabbar of Patnitala, Naogaon, was brought home by a flight of Bangladesh Biman yesterday morning, said an official at ZiaInternationalAirport.
Ikhtiar along with eight other Bangladeshi workers went to Malaysia on March 6 this year through Bangladeshi recruiting agency Dahmasi Corporation Ltd.
After their arrival in Malaysia, the Bangladeshi workers were asked by the local agent to stay at the veranda of a mosque in Serabang district as their dormitory was not prepared. However, the local agent also took away their passports and other documents from them, said Liakat.
"On March 24 night, the Malaysian police suddenly came to the mosque and arrested all of us as we failed to produce our passports and other valid documents and took us to the Lenging Detention Camp.
"In the camp, they force us to be naked and do exercise by holding ears. When someone becomes slow in complying with their (police) instructions or fails to do so, they beat us," Liakat told The Daily Star over telephone.
Police took Ikhtiar for the team leader and tortured him severely, he added.
"After four to five days, Ikhtiar became very sick. We then requested the authorities concerned to hospitalise him (Ikhtiar). After two days, Ikhtiar succumbed to his injury in the hospital," Liakat continued. Dingy
After 16 days of the detention, the agent finally arranged their release from the police custody.
However, they are now working in a palm garden without having any work permit. "Police can arrest us again," Liakat feared.
