In Cumilla, murder exposes army’s contempt for rules

In Cumilla, murder exposes army’s contempt for rules

Only six days had passed since the family of Touhidul Islam, an activist with the Bangladesh Nationalist Party, had buried his elderly father at the family graveyard in Cumilla. Friday was meant to be a day of remembrance — a solemn gathering to honour the late patriarch’s memory. Instead, by midday on January 31st, the family was holding a second funeral — this time for Touhidul himself.A 40-year-old father of four daughters — his eldest just f…