Staff Reporter:
The first meeting of the inquiry commission formed to identify and find the people who were forcibly disappeared by various intelligence and law enforcement agencies of the Government of Bangladesh, was held on Sunday.
The meeting was held at the office of the commission in the capital’s Gulshan area at 11am under the chairmanship of its president, retired Justice Moyeenul Islam Chowdhury.
All members of the commission were present in the meeting, according to a press release signed by Tanvir Ahmed, deputy secretary of the Cabinet Division.
In the meeting, it was decided that a public notice will be issued to search for the missing persons.
The proceedings of the commission will be conducted as usual from 10 am to 6 pm every day, except on public holidays.
Earlier, the government formed a five-member Inquiry Commission to trace out persons who have been forcibly disappeared by the members of law enforcement agencies.
These agencies include Bangladesh Police, the Rapid Action Battalion, Border Guard Bangladesh, Coast Guard, the Criminal Investigation Department, the Special Branch, the Ansar Battalion, National Securi-ty Intelligence, military forces, and the Directorate General of Forces Intelligence (DGFI).
