Dear friends,
The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received information from Odhikar that Rapid Action Battalion (RAB)-11 indiscriminately opened fire in front of a mosque after midday prayers on Friday 1 March 2013. The incident occurred in Mutubi village of Sonaimuri upazila in the Noakhali district. This resulted in the extra-judicial murder of a young man, Korban Ali. RAB gunshots were also responsible for serious injuries to several others including a 13 year old girl and a youth. As the law-enforcement agencies in Bangladesh enjoy a culture of impunity, the possibility of securing justice for the victims’ families is extremely low. Authorities have failed to conduct a credible investigation in the case of the extrajudicial murder of Korban Ali. In addition, the deceased’s family is in hiding as a result of constant threats from law-enforcement agencies and their goons.
CASE NARRATIVE:
On 1 March 2013, Mr. Korban Ali, 25 years old, an electrician from Mutubi village of Sonaimuri upazila under Noakhali district, along with his father Mr. Lokman Hossain, went to a roadside mosque for the traditional Muslim Friday midday prayers. A RAB-11 van was passing through the road adjacent to the mosque traveling towards the Sonaimuri market from Choumuhoni. As the vehicle passed in front of the mosque, a few people threw stones at the van out of anger against law-enforcing agencies. The RAB-11 van, which was originally heading for the Office of the Upazila Nirbahi Office of Sonaimuri, stopped in front of the mosque for a short while and then around 1:45 pm opened fire on the people coming of the mosque after praying.
A RAB bullet hit Korban in the head and he allegedly died at the scene. This was later confirmed by an eye witness. Members of RAB-11 then put Korban Ali’s body in their van. Lokman Hossain, Korban’s father, learned that the RAB officials first took Korban to the Laksham Upazila Health Complex and later to the Comilla Medical College Hospital. Eventually the RAB transferred Korban to the Dhaka Medical College Hospital. That night, relatives of Korban Ali namely Mr. Mohammad Abdul Malek, Mr. Omor Faruque and Mr. Mamun went to the Dhaka Medical College Hospital. Here they learned that Korban Ali had already died and an inquest report was being prepared. These three relatives were asked by the police to sign the inquest report. They complied with the request. After completion of the post mortem, Korban’s body was handed over to his relatives, who brought him home by ambulance to Mutubi village where his burial took place.
Mr. Saddam Hossain, the deceased’s nephew, witnessed the incident and was himself injured by gunfire. He told the human rights defenders that when the RAB opened fire he was standing next to Korban Ali as he was shot and fell down. Saddam claims that Korban Ali died on the scene and was no longer breathing. He along with others tried to reach Korban Ali to take his body, but RAB members began indiscriminately firing into the people and he was shot in the leg. A few other people were also injured as they fled the scene, leaving Korban’s body there, in order to save themselves. He claimes that the RAB members took Korban’s body in their vehicle and went towards Sonaimuri market.
Amena Akhtar, a 13 year old girl, on the day of the shooting was in her home doing household chores. Upon hearing unusual noises and out of curiosity, she went outside into her yard. All of a sudden a bullet struck her under her left knee – yet another victim of RAB-11 indiscriminate shooting. Due to her injury, she was admitted to the Sonaimuri Bajra Hospital.
TWO CASES INVOLVED IN THE INCIDENT:
Case filed by RAB-11:
On 2 March 2013, at 2:05 am, Mohammad Jashim Uddin, Deputy Assistant Director (DAD) of RAB-11, filed a complaint at the Sonaimuri Police Station – as First Information Report (FIR) number 1 – accusing some 500/600 unnamed individuals in this incident. The case was filed under Sections 147, 148, 149, 323, 324, 307, 332, 353, 427, 302, 109 of the Penal Code, 1860 and Section 3(A) of the Explosive Substances Act, 1908.
In the FIR the RAB officer claims that on 1 March 2013 at around 12:30 pm RAB’s patrol van went to Noakhali Sadar for patrol duty. Around 3:05 pm, when the patrol van reached Mutubi in Sonaimuri, a group of rowdy individuals threw bricks and stones at them and at one point even fired at them. Moreover, it mentioned that the crowd was allegedly ‘well equipped with dangerous fire arms and had gathered together to create a pre-planned uprising’. The mob allegedly led a procession from where they ‘chanted provocative slogans’ carrying the photos of the detained leaders of Jamaat-e-Islami. In order to defend themselves and disperse the rowdy crowd they contacted their higher superiors for orders. Then RAB members used shotguns from their official stores. They claimed that altogether they fired 120 rounds of ammunition and 17 rounds of tear shells from gas-guns which brought the situation under control. In the FIR the RAB claims that they found an injured man, who was bleeding after being shot in Mutubi. The RAB, in its complaint, claims that the incident took place at around 3:05 pm to 4:15 pm on 1 March 2013.
Case filed by the deceased’s father Mr. Lokman Hossain:
On 10 March 2013, the deceased’s father Mr. Lokman Hossain filed a petition complaint – as petition complaint number 139/2013 – with the Noakhali Judicial Magistrate’s Court accusing ten officials of the law enforcement agencies. The perpetrators identified in the petition case were – Mohammad Jashim Uddin, Deputy Assistant Director (DAD); Mohammad Ansar Uddin, Corporal; Mohammad Belal Hossain, Corporal; Sree Chondron Kumar Chowdhury, Assistant Sub Inspector (ASI); Mohammad Kamal Hossain, ASI; Mohammad Mostafa Kamal, ASI; Nur Mohammad Sardar, Habilder; Mohammad Ansar Uddin, Nayek; Mohammad Mohosin Ali, Police Constable of RAB-11; and the Deputy Inspector General (DIG) of Chittagong Range of the Bangladesh Police. The petition was filed under Sections 302, 34 and 109 of the Penal Code, 1860. Sonaimuri Police Station’s Sub Inspector Mafizul Islam is investigating the case.
In certain given circumstances in Bangladesh, a petition case is mostly filed with the Magistrate’s Court. This happens when the police, who control the complaint mechanism as part of the criminal investigation system, refuse to register a complaint against the members of the law-enforcement agencies. As a result, the lawyers today often approach the Magistrate’s Court to file a complaint instead of going to the police station, which happened in this case.
The Magistrate passed a ‘poor’ order regarding the petition complaint. He asked the Officer in Charge (OC) of Sonaimuri Police Station to submit an inquiry report to the Court, instead of ordering the police register the petition as a First Information Report (FIR). The police have not yet submitted its inquiry report to the Court. This implies that the fate of the litigation is going to end without any justice, as traditionally happens in Bangladesh.
INCONSISTENCIES:
There is a time gap between the two allegations by the family and the RAB. In the petition case by the deceased’s father, Mr. Lokman Hossain, it is mentioned that after Friday prayers when they were going back home around 1:45 pm, the members of RAB-11 opened indiscriminate fire on them causing the death of Korban from a bullet that penetrated his skull. Lokman claimed that he tried to take his son’s ‘dead body’ from the scene with the help of others, but the members of the RAB fired further shots at them, snatching Korban’s body from them.
In contrast, the case filed by RAB on 2 March 2013, the time of firing gunshots was mentioned as between 3:05 pm and 4:15 pm. However, the Inquest Report of Korban’s dead body prepared by Sub-Inspector (SI) Rokibul Hassan of Shahbagh Police Station in Dhaka claims that the incident of gunfire by the RAB occurred at 1:45 pm on 1 March 2013. SI Rakibul prepared this Inquest on 2 March 2013, at around 12:35am, prior to the post-mortem conducted at Dhaka Medical College Hospital. Moreover, the RAB claims that they ‘rescued Korban Ali with bullet wounds in his head in a bleeding condition’ and brought him to the Comilla Medical College Hospital where doctors, observing the deteriorating condition, referred him to the Dhaka Medical College Hospital for ‘better treatment’.
The statement of RAB’s officer in the FIR contradicts the letter of an Assistant Sub-Inspector of Police, who is attached to the RAB-11. The subject matter of the letter written by Mr. Bimal Chakma, Assistant Sub-Inspector of RAB-11, is “Dead body (Korban Ali) handing over”, which was addressed to the “On Duty Doctor of the Emergency Unit of Dhaka Medical College Hospital”. ASI Bimal stated that the “dead body of Korban Ali was brought from Comilla Medical College Hospital by the order of ASP (Assistant Superintendent of Police) Mr. Kamrul Islam of RAB-11”. The letter of ASI Bimal Chakma implies that Korban Ali was already dead before his body was sent to Dhaka. And the RAB intentionally did not allow the relatives to take the body from the scene in order to serve their own purposes. In fact, they deliberately implicated some 600 unidentified persons. This would create panic among the inhabitants who feared getting arrested, detained and tortured by state agencies whose aim was one of defending their own crimes. The discrepancy regarding the incident in the papers prepared by members of the law enforcement agencies serves as proof of inconsistency in their statements about Korban’s killing.
Deceased’s family under constant threats:
The family of the deceased received death threats from plainclothes members of law enforcement agencies to warn them not to step-up further action regarding the case. Members of Korban’s family keep all their cell phones switched off in fear of death threats from state agents. As a result, the local human rights defenders find it difficult to maintain communication with the family. Communication with their lawyer is only done in person instead of using telephones. Subsequently, they are isolated from their regular livelihood and social activities and forced to live a life full of fear after the loss of Korban Ali.
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION:
The Upazila Nirbahi Officer Ms. Hasina Begum, who is the chief executive officer of Sonaimuri sub district having executive magisterial power, had no information about any operation of RAB-11 at Mutubi on 1 March 2013. She claimed, while talking to the human rights defenders that she did not know about RAB’s patrol duty at Sonaimuri road on that day. This statement implies that the RAB did not have any valid permission to open fire in a public place.
On the same day, agitated people attacked the Sonaimuri Upazila Nirbahi Office, protesting against the judgment passed by the Tribunal against Jamaat-e-Islami’s senior leader Delwar Hossain Sayedee, who was given the death penalty for committing crimes against humanity in 1971, during the war of independence of Bangladesh. The Sonaimuri Police reportedly brought the situation under control by firing tear-gas canisters and rubber bullets, according to the Upazilla Nirbahi Officer.
Mr. Sirajul Islam, Deputy Commissioner of Noakhali district, who is the highest administrative officer of the entire district, told the human rights defenders that he ‘instructed the RAB to assist the administration in maintaining law and order’; however, he had no information that the RAB had shot anyone to death on 1 March 2013. This statement implies the pattern of avoiding responsibility by claiming ‘unawareness’ about death and injuries of citizens due to gunshots of the law-enforcing agents in the country.
In the government’s orders, extra-judicial killing is carried out by members of law enforcement agencies, particularly the RAB and the Police. In fact, nothing can justify extra-judicial killings regardless of whether the people were innocent or guilty, armed or unarmed. The State agents are seen to use the self-defense clause as a shield to protect themselves.
SUGGESTED ACTION:
Please urge the authorities of Bangladesh to conduct a credible investigation by forming a judicial probe commission involving at least one person from a nationally reputed human rights organization of the country. Families of the deceased and victims with bullet wounds should be protected from any form of threats, intimidation and harassment by state agents. Justice should be administered by: prosecuting the alleged perpetrators of the state agencies responsible for committing extrajudicial murder and causing injuries to persons plus threatening the victims’ families and attempting to cover up crimes of state agents. Adequate financial compensation must be afforded to the family of the deceased for the loss of the life of Korban Ali and to the families of the injured survivors by the State immediately. In addition, the survivors should be provided required healthcare facilities by the State so that they recover from their wounds and able to return to normal life.
The AHRC has written separate letters to the UN Special Rapporteurs on Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment; on Extra-judicial, Summary, or Arbitrary Executions; and on the Independence of Judges and Lawyers calling for his intervention into this matter.
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Dear ___________,
BANGLADESH: RAB’s gunshots causes extrajudicial murder and disability of persons while crimes are being covered up and victim’s family suffer threats
Name of victim:
1. Korban Ali, aged 25, son of Mr. Lokman Hossain, resident of Mutubi village of Sonaimuri upazila under Noakhali district
2. Amena Akhtar, aged 13, resident of Mutubi village of Sonaimuri
3. Saddam Hossain, aged 20, resident of Mutubi village of Sonaimuri
Names of alleged perpetrators:
1. Mohammad Jashim Uddin, Deputy Assistant Director (DAD), Badge number 45711
2. Mohammad Ansar Uddin, Corporal; Badge number 4674485
3. Mohammad Belal Hossain, Corporal; Badge number 1223951
4. Sree Chondron Kumar Chowdhury, Assistant Sub Inspector (ASI); Badge number 148
5. Mohammad Kamal Hossain, ASI; Badge number 288
6. Mohammad Mostafa Kamal, ASI; Badge number 1271
7. Nur Mohammad Sardar, Habilder; Badge number 27015
8. Mohammad Ansar Uddin, Nayek; Badge number 24178
9. Mohammad Mohosin Ali, Police Constable of RAB-11; Badge number 15970
All are attached to the Rapid Action Battalion -11
10. Deputy Inspector General (DIG) of Chittagong Range of the Bangladesh Police.
Date of incident: 1 March 2013
Place of incident: Mutubi village of Sonaimuri upazila under Noakhali district
I am writing to voice my deep concern regarding extrajudicial murder of Mr. Korban Ali and injuring at least two more persons with bullet wounds when the Rapid Action Battalion indiscriminately opened fire at people in front of a mosque in Sonaimuri sub district in Noakhali on 1 March 2013. I demand a credible investigation into the alleged crimes committed by the members of the law-enforcing agencies, particularly regarding these matters.
I have received credible information from the Asian Human Rights Commission that On 1 March 2013, Mr. Korban Ali, 25 years old, an electrician from Mutubi village of Sonaimuri upazila under Noakhali district, along with his father Mr. Lokman Hossain, went to a roadside mosque for the traditional Muslim Friday midday prayers. A RAB-11 van was passing through the road adjacent to the mosque traveling towards the Sonaimuri market from Choumuhoni. As the vehicle passed in front of the mosque, a few people threw stones at the van out of anger against law-enforcing agencies. The RAB-11 van, which was originally heading for the Office of the Upazila Nirbahi Office of Sonaimuri, stopped in front of the mosque for a short while and then around 1:45 pm opened fire on the people coming of the mosque after praying.
I have learned that a RAB bullet hit Korban in the head and he allegedly died at the scene. This was later confirmed by an eye witness. Members of RAB-11 then put Korban Ali’s body in their van. Lokman Hossain, Korban’s father, learned that the RAB officials first took Korban to the Laksham Upazila Health Complex and later to the Comilla Medical College Hospital. Eventually the RAB transferred Korban to the Dhaka Medical College Hospital.
That night, relatives of Korban Ali namely Mr. Mohammad Abdul Malek, Mr. Omor Faruque and Mr. Mamun went to the Dhaka Medical College Hospital. Here they learned that Korban Ali had already died and an inquest report was being prepared. These three relatives were asked by the police to sign the inquest report. They complied with the request. After completion of the post mortem, Korban’s body was handed over to his relatives, who brought him home by ambulance to Mutubi village where his burial took place.
I am aware that Mr. Saddam Hossain, the deceased’s nephew, witnessed the incident and was himself injured by gunfire. He told the human rights defenders that when the RAB opened fire he was standing next to Korban Ali as he was shot and fell down. Saddam claims that Korban Ali died on the scene and was no longer breathing. He along with others tried to reach Korban Ali to take his body, but RAB members began indiscriminately firing into the people and he was shot in the leg. A few other people were also injured as they fled the scene, leaving Korban’s body there, in order to save themselves. The RAB members took Korban’s body in their vehicle and went towards Sonaimuri market.
I have also received information that Amena Akhtar, a 13 year old girl, on the day of the shooting was in her home doing household chores. Upon hearing unusual noises and out of curiosity, she went outside into her yard. All of a sudden a bullet struck her under her left knee – yet another victim of RAB-11 indiscriminate shooting. Due to her injury, she was admitted to the Sonaimuri Bajra Hospital.
I know that there are two cases were filed regarding this incident of that one was registered by the Rapid Action Battalion while the other one was filed by the father of the victims of extrajudicial murder.
Case filed by RAB-11:
On 2 March 2013, at 2:05 am, Mohammad Jashim Uddin, Deputy Assistant Director (DAD) of RAB-11, filed a complaint at the Sonaimuri Police Station – as First Information Report (FIR) number 1 – accusing some 500/600 unnamed individuals in this incident. The case was filed under Sections 147, 148, 149, 323, 324, 307, 332, 353, 427, 302, 109 of the Penal Code, 1860 and Section 3(A) of the Explosive Substances Act, 1908.
I have observed that in the FIR the RAB officer claims that on 1 March 2013 at around 12:30 pm RAB’s patrol van went to Noakhali Sadar for patrol duty. Around 3:05 pm, when the patrol van reached Mutubi in Sonaimuri, a group of rowdy individuals threw bricks and stones at them and at one point even fired at them. Moreover, it mentioned that the crowd was allegedly ‘well equipped with dangerous fire arms and had gathered together to create a pre-planned uprising’. The mob allegedly led a procession from where they ‘chanted provocative slogans’ carrying the photos of the detained leaders of Jamaat-e-Islami. In order to defend themselves and disperse the rowdy crowd they contacted their higher superiors for orders. Then RAB members used shotguns from their official stores. They claimed that altogether they fired 120 rounds of ammunition and 17 rounds of tear shells from gas-guns which brought the situation under control. In the FIR the RAB claims that they found an injured man, who was bleeding after being shot in Mutubi. The RAB, in its complaint, claims that the incident took place at around 3:05 pm to 4:15 pm on 1 March 2013.
Case filed by the deceased’s father Mr. Lokman Hossain:
On 10 March 2013, the deceased’s father Mr. Lokman Hossain filed a petition complaint – as petition complaint number 139/2013 – with the Noakhali Judicial Magistrate’s Court accusing ten officials of the law enforcement agencies. The perpetrators identified in the petition case were – Mohammad Jashim Uddin, Deputy Assistant Director (DAD); Mohammad Ansar Uddin, Corporal; Mohammad Belal Hossain, Corporal; Sree Chondron Kumar Chowdhury, Assistant Sub Inspector (ASI); Mohammad Kamal Hossain, ASI; Mohammad Mostafa Kamal, ASI; Nur Mohammad Sardar, Habilder; Mohammad Ansar Uddin, Nayek; Mohammad Mohosin Ali, Police Constable of RAB-11; and the Deputy Inspector General (DIG) of Chittagong Range of the Bangladesh Police. The petition was filed under Sections 302, 34 and 109 of the Penal Code, 1860. Sonaimuri Police Station’s Sub Inspector Mafizul Islam is investigating the case.
I am aware that in certain given circumstances in Bangladesh, a petition case is mostly filed with the Magistrate’s Court. This happens when the police, who control the complaint mechanism as part of the criminal investigation system, refuse to register a complaint against the members of the law-enforcement agencies. As a result, the lawyers today often approach the Magistrate’s Court to file a complaint instead of going to the police station, which happened in this case.
Regrettably, the Court of Magistrate in its order asked the Officer in Charge (OC) of Sonaimuri Police Station to submit an inquiry report to the Court, instead of directly ordering the police register the petition as a First Information Report (FIR). This appears to be a ‘poor’ order regarding the petition complaint, which indicates the absence of judicial mindset of a Judicial Magistrate. The police have not yet submitted its inquiry report to the Court. This implies that the fate of the litigation is going to end without any justice, as traditionally happens in Bangladesh.
I have found certain inconsistencies in the claims made by the law-enforcement agencies that also contradict the facts provided by the eyewitnesses of the incidents. For example: there is a time gap between the two allegations by the family and the RAB. In the petition case by the deceased’s father, Mr. Lokman Hossain, it is mentioned that after Friday prayers when they were going back home around 1:45 pm, the members of RAB-11 opened indiscriminate fire on them causing the death of Korban from a bullet that penetrated his skull. Lokman claimed that he tried to take his son’s ‘dead body’ from the scene with the help of others, but the members of the RAB fired further shots at them, snatching Korban’s body from them.
In contrast, the case filed by RAB on 2 March 2013, the time of firing gunshots was mentioned as between 3:05 pm and 4:15 pm. However, the Inquest Report of Korban’s dead body prepared by Sub-Inspector (SI) Rokibul Hassan of Shahbagh Police Station in Dhaka claims that the incident of gunfire by the RAB occurred at 1:45 pm on 1 March 2013. SI Rakibul prepared this Inquest on 2 March 2013, at around 12:35am, prior to the post-mortem conducted at Dhaka Medical College Hospital. Moreover, the RAB claims that they ‘rescued Korban Ali with bullet wounds in his head in a bleeding condition’ and brought him to the Comilla Medical College Hospital where doctors, observing the deteriorating condition, referred him to the Dhaka Medical College Hospital for ‘better treatment’.
The statement of RAB’s officer in the FIR contradicts the letter of an Assistant Sub-Inspector of Police, who is attached to the RAB-11. The subject matter of the letter written by Mr. Bimal Chakma, Assistant Sub-Inspector of RAB-11, is “Dead body (Korban Ali) handing over”, which was addressed to the “On Duty Doctor of the Emergency Unit of Dhaka Medical College Hospital”. ASI Bimal stated that the “dead body of Korban Ali was brought from Comilla Medical College Hospital by the order of ASP (Assistant Superintendent of Police) Mr. Kamrul Islam of RAB-11”. The letter of ASI Bimal Chakma implies that Korban Ali was already dead before his body was sent to Dhaka. And the RAB intentionally did not allow the relatives to take the body from the scene in order to serve their own purposes. In fact, they deliberately implicated some 600 unidentified persons. This would create panic among the inhabitants who feared getting arrested, detained and tortured by state agencies whose aim was one of defending their own crimes. The discrepancy regarding the incident in the papers prepared by members of the law enforcement agencies serves as proof of inconsistency in their statements about Korban’s killing.
It is a matter of serious concern for me that the family of the deceased received death threats from plainclothes members of law enforcement agencies to warn them not to step-up further action regarding the case. Members of Korban’s family keep all their cell phones switched off in fear of death threats from state agents. As a result, the local human rights defenders find it difficult to maintain communication with the family. Communication with their lawyer is only done in person instead of using telephones. Subsequently, they are isolated from their regular livelihood and social activities and forced to live a life full of fear after the loss of Korban Ali.
I am aware that the The Upazila Nirbahi Officer Ms. Hasina Begum, who is the chief executive officer of Sonaimuri sub district having executive magisterial power, had no information about any operation of RAB-11 at Mutubi on 1 March 2013. She claimed, while talking to the human rights defenders that she did not know about RAB’s patrol duty at Sonaimuri road on that day. This statement implies that the RAB did not have any valid permission to open fire in a public place.
On the same day, agitated people attacked the Sonaimuri Upazila Nirbahi Office, protesting against the judgment passed by the Tribunal against Jamaat-e-Islami’s senior leader Delwar Hossain Sayedee, who was given the death penalty for committing crimes against humanity in 1971, during the war of independence of Bangladesh. The Sonaimuri Police reportedly brought the situation under control by firing tear-gas canisters and rubber bullets, according to the Upazilla Nirbahi Officer.
I have learned that Mr. Sirajul Islam, Deputy Commissioner of Noakhali district, who is the highest administrative officer of the entire district, told the human rights defenders that he ‘instructed the RAB to assist the administration in maintaining law and order’; however, he had no information that the RAB had shot anyone to death on 1 March 2013. This statement implies the pattern of avoiding responsibility by claiming ‘unawareness’ about death and injuries of citizens due to gunshots of the law-enforcing agents in the country.
It is well known that in the government’s orders, extra-judicial killing is carried out by members of law enforcement agencies, particularly the RAB and the Police. In fact, nothing can justify extra-judicial killings regardless of whether the people were innocent or guilty, armed or unarmed. The State agents are seen to use the self-defense clause as a shield to protect themselves.
In light of the above, I urge the authorities of Bangladesh to to conduct a credible investigation by forming a judicial probe commission involving at least one person from a nationally reputed human rights organization of the country. Families of the deceased and victims with bullet wounds should be protected from any form of threats, intimidation and harassment by state agents. Justice should be administered by: prosecuting the alleged perpetrators of the state agencies responsible for committing extrajudicial murder and causing injuries to persons plus threatening the victims’ families and attempting to cover up crimes of state agents. Adequate financial compensation must be afforded to the family of the deceased for the loss of the life of Korban Ali and to the families of the injured survivors by the State immediately. In addition, the survivors should be provided required healthcare facilities by the State so that they recover from their wounds and able to return to normal life.
Yours sincerely,
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8. Mr. Md. Mokhlesur Rahman
Director General
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RAB Headquarter
Uttara, Dhaka
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