Mohammed Nasim is a Bangladesh

Bangladesh

Bangladesh , officially the People's Republic of Bangladesh is a sovereign state located in South Asia. It is bordered by India on all sides except for a small border with Burma to the far southeast and by the Bay of Bengal to the south...

i politician.

During an active political career Nasim was Bangladesh's Home Minister, its Minister of Industry, and its Minister of Post & Telecommunications.
Following his retirement from active politics Nasim became an advisor to WTP Capital LLC.

On July 17, 2000, when Nasim was Bangladesh's Home Minister, he spoke at the funeral of Shamsur Rahman

Shamsur Rahman

Shamsur Rahman was a Bangladeshi poet, columnist and journalist. Rahman, who emerged in the latter half of the 20th century, wrote more than sixty books of poetry and is considered a key figure in Bengali literature. He was regarded the unofficial poet laureate of Bangladesh...

 special correspondent for Janakantha

Janakantha

Dainik Janakantha is a Bengali language daily newspaper published from Dhaka, Bangladesh. It is owned by the Globe group . This newspaper was first published on 21 February 1993....

, a national daily newspaper, who had recently been murdered.

Amnesty International

Amnesty International

Amnesty International is an international non-governmental organisation whose stated mission is "to conduct research and generate action to prevent and end grave abuses of human rights, and to demand justice for those whose rights have been violated."Following a publication of Peter Benenson's...

 reports that Nasim, and four other former politicians, from the Awami League,were beaten by Bangladeshi Police officers.
Nasim was reported to have been beaten on September 12, 2006.
The Bangladesh Awami League reports that Nasim's beating was captured on videotape.
According to Amnesty International:

"Nasim was beaten with rifle butts and iron rods. He was hit on the arm, head and back, and went into a coma. Doctors have declared his condition as critical."