Jessore juvenile correction centre Collected10 officials of the correction centre were taken into police custody for interFourteen hospitalized inmates of the Juvenile Correction Centre in Jessore say they were severely beaten by correction centre authorities, which led to the death of three inmates there on Thursday. However, correction centre authorities say the three were killed when a clash broke out between two groups of inmates. The injured inmates claimed that after they were beaten by correction centre authorities and their followers, they were not immediately given medical attention. Additional Deputy Inspector General AKM Nahidul Islam Khan of Khulna Range police said the correction centre authorities' version of the incident is one-sided, and they are giving priority to accounts of injured inmates. Another injured inmate, Jabed Hossain, of Noakhali, said: "Sirs and other inmates beat us like dogs with iron rods.

Source: Dhaka Tribune August 14, 2020 07:10 UTC