Human Rights Watch (HRW) yesterday accused Bangladesh of torturing and killing paramilitary soldiers accused of involvement in a 2009 mutiny.

It is the latest complaint against the country's feared special police force.

HRW said the Rapid Action Battalion (RAB), an elite crime-fighting unit it has previously labelled a "death squad" was alleged to have been involved in many of the abuses.

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