ASK seeks proper trial of disappearance incidents

Ain O Salish Kendra (ASK), a human rights body, on Wednesday urged the government to form a judicial commission immediately for guaranteeing proper trial of the incidents of involuntary disappearances, reports UNB.

Marking the International Day of the Disappeared, observed on August 30 each year, ASK stressed on ensuring proper investigation and trial of every incident of disappearance in the country.

ASK, in a press statement, also asked the authority to find out the disappeared persons. Referring to the media reports, the rights body said at least 310 persons disappeared from 2014 to 2018 in the country.

Of them, bodies of 44 people were recovered, 45 others were shown arrested while 33 returned safe later.

"In these incidents, the victims' families mostly claimed that the disappeared ones were taken by the law enforcers but the forces, most of the time, refute it", they said.