The interim government instituted commission on enforced disappearances in its interim report said they found “internal dissent” within security forces alongside foreign links as they studied the cases.
The report pointed out several incidents where the security personnel handling victims of enforced disappearance expressed their dissent often exposing them to adverse personal and professional consequences.
It also found the enforced disappearances in Bangladesh were not isolated acts of wrongdoing when “international enablers” played “decisive roles” as well alongside Bangladesh’s security forces.
“Internal dissent within the security forces, especially on issues such as enforced disappearances, political neutrality, or institutional accountability, often carried adverse personal and professional consequences,” read the report a copy of which was obtained by BSS.
But, it said the result of politicized institutional machinery condoned, normalised, and often rewarded such crimes while officials who dissented often faced punitive actions.
The report cited example of an unnamed officer who complained that his independent views and refusal to toe the official line on enforced disappearance led him to systematic isolation from his colleagues.
The officer told the commission that before each consequent new posting, “his colleagues were warned not to trust him” and fabricated allegations of sundry crimes followed him while his family’s communications were monitored as well.বিস্তারিত