Bangladesh panel alleges India’s involvement in enforced disappearances during Sheikh Hasina’s rule
The inquiry commission recommended the government to make their ‘best efforts’ to identify any Bangladeshi citizens who may still be incarcerated in India.
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A commission formed by Bangladesh’s interim government to investigate enforced disappearances has alleged India’s involvement in such cases during the 16-year rule of the neighbouring country’s former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, reported state-owned Bangladesh Sangbad Sangstha on Saturday.
“Indian involvement in Bangladesh’s system of enforced disappearances is a matter of public record,” the news agency quoted the Commission of Inquiry on Enforced Disappearance as having stated.
On August 27, the interim government in Dhaka formed the five-member commission, led by retired justice Mainul Islam Chowdhury, to investigate enforced disappearances by security forces during Hasina’s tenure.
The commission was asked to trace and identify missing persons and investigate the circumstances under which they were forced to disappear by various intelligence and law enforcement agencies.
On December 14, the commission submitted a report titled Unfolding The Truth to Muhammad Yunus, the head of the interim government.
The report said the commission had found intelligence regarding the practice of “captive exchanges” between Bangladesh and India, according to Bangladesh Sangbad Sangstha.
It added that there is a “persistent suggestion in law enforcement circles” that some prisoners are still in Indian jails.
“We recommend the Ministries of Foreign and Home extend their best efforts to identify any Bangladeshi citizens who may still remain incarcerated in India,” it said. “It is beyond the jurisdiction...
