Commission finds India's role in enforced disappearances in Bangladesh

The Commission of Inquiry on Enforced Disappearance has found India's involvement in enforced disappearances in Bangladesh.

"Indian involvement in Bangladesh's system of enforced disappearances is a matter of public record," the commission said in its report as it found intelligence information about the practice of captive exchanges between the two countries and the possible subsequent fate of the detainees, reports BSS.

The five-member commission led by retired justice Mainul Islam Chowdhury recently handed over the report titled "Unfolding The Truth" to Chief Adviser Professor Muhammad Yunus at the state guest house Jamuna in Dhaka.

The commission said there was a persistent suggestion among law enforcement circles that some prisoners might still remain in Indian jails.

"We recommend that the foreign affairs and home ministries put their best efforts to identify any Bangladeshi citizens who may still remain incarcerated in India. It is beyond the jurisdiction of the commission to follow this trail outside Bangladesh," it said.