Staff Reporter:
The Commission of Inquiry on Enforced Disappearances yesterday submitted its second interim report to Chief Adviser Professor Muhammad Yunus.
The commission, led by its Chairperson Justice Moyeenul Islam Chowdhury, submitted the report to the Chief Adviser at his official residence Jamuna around 11am yesterday.
Commission members – Nur Khan Liton, Sazzad Hossain and BRAC University teacher Nabila Idris were present.
Housing and Public Works Adviser Adilur Rahman Khan, National Security Adviser Dr Khalilur Rah-man and Principal Secretary to the Chief Adviser M Siraj Uddin Miah were also present.
Speaking on the occasion, Chief Advisor Prof Yunus said arrangements should be made to publish the report in the form of a book and on website.
This is not only an issue for Bangladesh but the world has interest in it, he said.
“Wow terrible every incident is! The ‘gentlemen’ of our society, our own relatives and friends, have committed these incidents. There should be a horror museum based on what have been found. There are horrifying incidents,” he said.
About the cruelty showed against the victims of enforced disparateness in secret cells, Prof Yunus said they were locked up in a three-foot by three-foot cells months after months and it should be presented to the people.
He instructed the commission members to identify what should be done immediately so that the govern-ment can start its work within a short time to this end.
A commission member told the chief adviser that the incidents are so horrific that many of the officers and others involved are also regretful and they contacted the commission as an attempt to purify them-selves.
Two officers even wrote letters seeking relief from this and the letters were found in Ganabhaban, the commission member said, adding that the then army chief also publicly acknowledged about the letters.
The commission members said they have received 1,850 complaints so far and out of them, 1,350 com-plaints have been scrutinized.
They said the number of complaints could exceed 3,500, while more than 300 people are still missing among the victims of disappearances.
