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Police in Sierra Leone have been accused of inhumane treatment and torturing popular musician and rapper Alhaji Amadu Bah, better known as Boss LAJ.

The rapper's trademark dreadlocks were shaved off in police custody after he was arrested over robbery allegations. He has been remanded at a maximum security prison and is due to reappear in court to enter a plea.

The case has generated controversy and condemnation amid allegations that he was also injected with a liquid as well as having his dreadlocks forcefully removed. But police say that it is standard operating procedure to for all male suspects in custody to have their hair shaved.

More in the report from Umaru Fofana.

Photo: Sierra Leone musician Boss LAJ. Credit: Sierra Gem Media Production.