Yunus listens to ‘chilling’ Aynaghar stories, to visit secret prisons
Chief Adviser Prof Muhammad Yunus will soon visit the "joint interrogation cells" popularly known as Aynaghar, said a statement yesterday.
The Chief Adviser's press wing issued the statement after the Commission of Inquiry on Enforced Disappearances met Prof Yunus.
For all latest news, follow The Daily Star's Google News channel. The commission members briefed him on the progress of investigations and requested him to visit Aynaghar.
His visit would give hope to the families of the victims of enforced disappearances, they said.
The commission's investigation found an instance where a six-year-old was kept in a secret prison, said the release.
"The incidents uncovered by your investigation are chilling. I will soon visit Aynaghar," the statement quoted Prof Yunus as saying.
The government formed the five-member inquiry commission led by Justice Moyeenul Islam Chowdhury on August 27 last year to investigate the enforced disappearances by various intelligence and law enforcement agencies between January 1, 2010, and August 5, 2024.
Other members of the commission are Justice Md Farid Ahmed Shibli, rights activists Nur Khan and Sazzad Hossain, and Brac University teacher Nabila Idris.
Former prime minister Sheikh Hasina, her defence adviser Maj Gen (retd) Tarique Ahmed Siddique, former director general of the National Telecommunication Monitoring Centre Maj Gen Ziaul Ahsan, and senior police officers Monirul Islam and Md Harun-Or-Rashid were all involved in enforced disappearances, said a preliminary report submitted to the chief adviser on December 14.
The commission found prima facie evidence of their involvement. The commission recommends disbanding Rab because of its inalienable involvement in enforced disappearances.
The commission recorded 1,676 complaints of enforced disappearances.
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