Bangladesh elections: My husband died in jail months before vote - BBC News

The widow of an opposition worker says she believes her husband was tortured.

21 hours agoShareclose panelShare pageCopy linkAbout sharingBy Samira HussainBBC South Asia Correspondent, DhakaA woman, a mother and now a widow. She asked us not to use her name.

She has a story to tell but she is afraid to speak in public. We venture along railway tracks to find a quiet place where we can speak privately.

Moving away from a crowded marketplace, we head to an abandoned building. Three flights up we stand on a platform with a clear view of the city. The call to prayer echoes in the background. She tells me about her husband.

He was a well-known worker for the Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP), the country's main opposition political party. He loved to sing, especially sentimental songs - a big-hearted man who happily indulged his wife and kids. He was arrested by police last year. Just 26 days later, his son got a call. His father had died in jail.

"Days earlier my son saw his father, healthy," she said. "My son asked them how he died and they said, we don't know. Just come to the morgue and take him."

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