Enforced disappearance victims faced brutal, methodical torture: Commission

The Commission of Inquiry on Enforced Disappearance has said the victims of enforced disappearance have gone through inhuman torture in secret detention centres in a systemic manner.

"The accounts of torture we have documented are both profoundly brutal and disturbingly methodical," the commission said in its report.

The five-member commission led by retired justice Mainul Islam Chowdhury handed over the report titled "Unfolding The Truth" to Chief Adviser Dr Muhammad Yunus at the state guest house Jamuna here on Saturday.
The commission found that notable distinction has emerged between the premises under the management of military officers and those overseen by civil forces, such as the police.

In facilities managed by civil forces, such as DB (Detective Branch) and CTTC (Counter Terrorism and Transnational Crime) torture was carried out in a manner that integrated it into the daily operations of these offices, the report said.    —BSS