Former Dhaka University student Abdul Kadar thought the torture he had endured in police custody after being falsely accused in a case was in his past and the rogue cop responsible for his agony was to be punished and that was it.

IT is indeed heartening to see justice finally meted out to Md Helal Uddin, who as the OC of Khilgaon Police station picked up Abdul Kadar, a meritorious Dhaka University student, tortured him in custody and later tried to arrest him on trumped-up charges.

Time to stand proud of Bangladesh's media and the hard work, courage and doggedness the newsmen have shown in covering two important events – torture on DU student Abdul Kadar at Khilgaon police station and exposing the sex attackers of Pahela Baishakh.

A Dhaka court sentences Helal Uddin, a former officer-in-charge of Khilgaon Police Station, to three years’ imprisonment for torturing Dhaka University student Abdul Kadar and implicating him in three false cases three years back.