When Awami League President Sheikh Hasina was Prime Minister, many people went missing in Bangladesh without being arrested. Now the investigating committee has said that neighboring country India is involved in all these disappearances. Even Hasina’s orders were sent to India after her disappearance?
Bangladesh has formed an investigation committee to uncover the truth about various allegations by the Hasina government. A five-member committee headed by retired Supreme Court judge Moinul Islam Chowdhury handed over a report to the interim government’s chief advisor Yunus.
Not only did India increase disappearances during Hasina’s tenure, but the report also claims that some Bangladeshi prisoners may still be stuck in Indian prisons. Our proposal to the Ministry of Foreign and Home Affairs is to identify them. Because it is not possible for us to do anything outside the borders of Bangladesh.
The investigative committee also claimed that prisoners may have been exchanged between the two countries. The possible fate of these prisoners may also have been discussed between the two countries. In light of this allegation, the Committee mentioned two cases. The first concerns Sukhranjan Bali, who was kidnapped from the headquarters of the Supreme Court of Bangladesh. He was later found in prison in India. Secondly, BNP leader Salahuddin Ahmed, whose experience also proves the relationship between India and Bangladesh, was mentioned. Salahuddin was recovered from Dhaka in 2015, and later narrated his experience.
According to this report, more than three and a half thousand people were missing during Hasina’s term. Hasina and many of her advisors and ministers were directly involved in all these incidents. The commission alleged that Bangladeshi paramilitary forces disappeared mainly through the RAB.
Statistics show that so far, a total of 1,676 complaints regarding missing persons have been filed at various police stations in Bangladesh. 758 complaints were investigated. Of these, 27% were never found. Those who returned later appeared in police records as arrested. The committee also found a total of eight secret prisons inside and outside Dhaka.