India’s Supreme Court has directed police forces in all states and federally-run territories to treat sex workers with dignity and not to abuse them, verbally or physically, and observed that every individual in the country has a right to a dignified life under Article 21 of the Constitution.

The imam who broke tradition to lead the funeral prayers for a sex worker in Daulatdia in the beginning of this month today said he will never do the same again, according to BBC Bangla.