ENFORCED DISAPPEARANCE: 8 secret detention centres found

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The inquiry commission formed to investigate incidents of enforced disappearances during the Awami League regime eight secret detention centers where detained people were reportedly tortured over the years.

“Eight secret detention centers more horrific than ‘Aynaghor’ have been detected,” Justice Moinul Islam Chowdhury, head of the commission, said at a press conference at Gulshan in the capital on Tuesday.

Around 1,600 complaints of enforced disappearance have so far been filed and 400 complaints are under investigation, he said.

Among these, 172 complaints were lodged against the Rapid Action Battalion (RAB), 37 against the Counter Terrorism and Transnational Crime Unit (CTTC), 55 against the Detective Branch (DB), 26 against the Directorate General of Forces Intelligence (DGFI), 25 against the police, and 68 against others.

Besides, over 200 victims of enforced disappearance have remained untraced, said the chief of the commission.

Earlier on August 27, the government formed a five-member commission to search of individuals who were made disappeared by the law enforcement agencies during the 15-year rule of Awami League.

The commission was formed to investigate cases of enforced disappearances through law enforcement agencies from January 1, 2010, to August 5 of the current year, identify the disappeared persons, and determine under what circumstances they were disappeared.