Inside the Bangladesh Prime Minister’s War on Drugs

Inside the Bangladesh Prime Minister’s War on Drugs
Police search a man during an anti drug raid in Dhaka, Bangladesh, June 4, 2018. REUTERS/Salahuddin Ahmed
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DHAKA—Bangladesh police arrested Riazul Islam as he was walking home from his in-laws’ house. At 3:15 a.m., he was shot dead in a sandy field beside a set of railroad tracks north of Dhaka.

Police say he was killed in a gunfight with other drug dealers, and they recovered 20 kg of marijuana from the site. His parents say the officers extorted money from them and then killed him.