Teknaf, Bangladesh: An official from the Nayapara refugee camp has been accused of torturing a refugee last month and making false allegations against him, said a Rohingya resident of the camp.The camp official, identified as Shamsul Haque, a security officer, and a second man identified only as Siddek, an office staff member, arrested Mohamed Jaber (MRC # 09651/Z) and accused him of illegally using electricity in a camp school.
The arrest order was issued by the camp head Saiful Islam, the resident said.
However, a member of the camp’s refugee committee said that Jaber was working in the camp as a religious teacher and the head of a school for children, and that the allegations against him were false.
A witness to the arrest said that Jaber was held for one day in a security room, during which he was tied up with rope and hung. Camp authorities also destroyed equipment in the religious school and demanded money for Jaber’s release.
The dispute over electricity stemmed from a dispute over the nature of the school that Jaber operated, one camp elder said.
Refugees had requested a supply of electricity for prayer houses, and the head of the camp had approved.
Jaber’s school was included among the buildings receiving electricity. But camp officials ordered him to remove the electricity line because the school was not a prayer house. When he refused, a complaint was filed and he was arrested, beaten and hung before his release, the elder said.
Jaber was given medicine at the camp hospital but was not admitted for any other treatment, a relative said, adding that he was later admitted to a clinic outside the camp for treatment of injuries sustained while in custody.
Source:http://www.kaladanpress.org/v3/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=2830:nayapara-camp-official-accused-of-torturing-rohingya-resident&catid=127:october-2010&Itemid=2
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