Dhaka, Oct. 15 -- Transparency International Bangladesh (TIB) has strongly criticised the government's decision to keep Bangladesh Army officers, accused of enforced disappearances, extrajudicial killings, and torture during the previous regime, in military custody within cantonments - describing the move as "questionable in light of constitutional principles and equality before the law."

In a statement issued on Tuesday (14 October), the anti-graft watchdog urged the government to immediately withdraw what it called a "discriminatory decision" and to clarify why accused military officers were being treated differently from civilian suspects facing similar allegations. The controversy follows the army's announcement on 11 October that 15...