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Bangladesh Inquiry Finds 287 Presumed Dead in Hasina-Era Disappearances

The commission seeks international forensic help to identify bodies, including DNA collection from families.

Overview

  • The commission verified 1,569 disappearance cases from 1,913 complaints and submitted its final report to the interim government.
  • It found security forces acted under Sheikh Hasina and named senior figures, including her defence adviser Tarique Ahmed Siddique and former home minister Asaduzzaman Khan Kamal.
  • Investigators identified unmarked graves and reported bodies likely dumped in rivers such as the Buriganga in Dhaka.
  • Police began exhuming a Dhaka mass grave in December, recovering at least eight bodies with gunshot wounds, according to the CID chief.
  • The report says many victims were from the BNP or Jamaat-e-Islami, and one commissioner estimated total disappearances could reach 4,000–6,000, while Hasina was sentenced to death in absentia in November.