December 22, 2017

Enforced
Disappearances:
A New Cruel
Culture in
Bangladesh

Report:
Disappearances
Since 2016
Enforced Disappearances: A New Cruel Culture

Enforced disappearance is a relatively new addition to state crime. It is nowadays the most
abominable term in Bangladesh. According to Amnesty International, “Enforced disappearance is
frequently used as a strategy to spread terror within society. The feeling of insecurity and fear it
generates is not limited to the close relatives of the disappeared, but also affects communities and
society as a whole. It has become a global problem. Once largely used by military dictatorships,
disappearances now happen out of many internal conflicts, particularly when trying to repress
political opponents.”

Enforced disappearance is “a heinous violation of human rights and an international crime”. It

affects victims in different ways, including constant fear for their lives. Their families go through an
emotional rollercoaster of hope and despair, waiting for news that might never come. The
disappeared person is removed from the protection of law, a fundamental right.”

Every disappearance violates a range of human rights including:

• Right to security and dignity of a person

• Right not to be subjected to torture or other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or

punishment

• Right to humane conditions of detention

• Right to a legal personality

• Right to a fair trial

• Right to a family life

• Right to life (if the disappeared person is killed or their fate is unknown).

(Source: Amnesty International)

Enforced disappearance has increased in Bangladesh recently.

After coming into the power in 2009, The Awami League government started to repress the opposition
parties. Many political activists have been disappeared by the law enforcement agency and their bullet-
riddled dead body has been found in several places. Between January 2009 and March 2016, human
rights groups have documented at least 250 people forcibly disappeared in the country. Many witnesses
have testified to the law enforcement agents’ involvement in these cases, and the pattern of abductions
and the profiles of victims suggest that disappearances are used as a weapon by the government to
silence political opponents.
Enforced disappearance violates the criminal law of Bangladesh and International law:

The enforced disappearance violates both the Bangladeshi law and International law. Enforced
disappearance is a new cruel culture in our country. After the year of 2009, it is massively seen in this
country. The constitution of Bangladesh strongly opposes this. Though it is a new culture, there are
provisions regarding kidnap and abduction in the Penal Code, 1860. According to section 362 of the
Penal Code, 1860, a person means induces any other person to go from one place to another.

The punishment for murder after abduction is death penalty or imprisonment for life as stipulated in section
302 of the Penal Code 1860. In addition to this, if kidnapping or abduction is committed with an intention to
wrongful confinement, the offender shall be punished with custody of either description for a term, which
may extend to seven years and shall also be liable to fine. shibir-activists

A serious violation of International Law is also committed by enforced disappearance. Article 7 of the
Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR) asserted that, “All are equal before the law and are entitled
without any discrimination to equal protection of the law. All are entitled to equal protection against any
discrimination in violation of this Declaration and against any incitement to such discrimination.”

Bangladesh has international obligations as a state party to the International Covenant on Civil and Political
Rights (ICCPR), as enforced disappearances violate a number of rights mentioned in the covenant,
including the right to liberty and security of person and the right to fair trial, and, in particular cases the right
to life. Investigations into enforced disappearances are rarely made in Bangladesh. (Amnesty International)

Enforced disappearance is one of the forms of cruel inhumane violence in Bangladesh. Opposition leaders
and activists are the main victims of such inhumane activity. Every human being has the right to get justice
when he is victimized by any other means but in the context of Bangladesh the situation has become of
such nature that victim has no opportunity to get minimum justice. The family members and relatives of the
person disappeared pass their days with great confusion whether their beloved will return or not.

Effect of enforced disappearance:

Enforced disappearance has a horrific impact on the sufferer’s life and his family as well. Now in
Bangladesh, such offensive treatment has become very cruel. Many people including students are forcibly
disappeared by the law enforce agency and after disappearance the victim’s dead body is found in pond,
river, field, crematory and so on. Victim’s relatives don’t know what his fault was. When a son of a family
becomes disappeared, this is the stinging incident for the parents.

Victim’s family faces serious economic problems when the victim was the main bread-winner of the family.
Children face psychological problem when their father is disappeared. They generally grow with social
immaturity.

The present government can’t avoid liability of enforced disappearance. Police, RAB are also accountable
for the disappearance because they are the main actors of this cruel culture. If this inhuman culture
continues, the government may lose trust from mass people though the present government is passing
over a crisis regarding their legitimacy.

By Md Saiful Islam
Report: Disappearances Since 2016

Disappearing people has now become a well-known

practice undertaken by Bangladesh law enforcement
agencies - a systematic technique by which a person
is secretly detained for varying periods of time totally
outside the law, their whereabouts unknown with the
state denying any knowledge of the person.
Source: Bangladesh Politico
After spending a period of time in secret detention - usually weeks or months - there are
four possible outcomes:
• the person is killed. In 2016, out of over 90 disappeared, 21 were killed; In
2017, out of about 80 disappeared, 7 so far have been killed
• the person is simply released on the streets. This happens, but it unusual
• the person is taken to the court and 'formally arrested' with the police
concocting a story that they were arrested the previous day. They are then,
"legally", sent to jail. This is what happens to most people.
• the person remains disappeared.

In 2016, out of over 90 disappeared, 8 remain missing; In 2017, out of about 80

disappeared, 28 remain missing
The people picked up and secretly detained fall into a number of categories of people.
There are:

- those that are linked to opposition politics, sometimes at a senior level;

- those the authorities suspect, rightly or wrongly, are involved in militancy in some way;

- those who for one political reason or the other, it is useful for the state to secretly
detain;

- those involved in conflict within the Awami League;

- those involved in other kinds of private conflicts where one of the parties to the conflict
has the power to obtain the use of a law enforcement agency to do his bidding;

The pick ups are primarily undertaken by the Detective Branch of the Police, the
Counter Terrorism Unit (which has emerged out of the DB), or by the para-military
organisation, the Rapid Action Battalion - though RAB's involvement seems to be
declining in recent years. The ordinary police are also involved, as are sometimes the
country's intelligence agencies in particular the country's military intelligence agency,
DGFI.

The government has, it seems, informally given law enforcement authorities a general
green light to carry out secret detentions in certain circumstances. There are however a
few are undertaken at a low level which are outside of any authorisation, and many
others (particularly those involving more high-profile subjects) done with specific high
level governmental authorisation.
To see the main page on disappearances, and see the list of those who remain missing since 2016, click
here.

To see the main page on disappearances, and see the list of those who subsequently killed since 2016,
click here.

To read more about disappearances in Bangladesh, see the recent Human Rights Watch report
36 people picked up in last two years, continued to be disappeared

Below are the details of 36 people allegedly picked up by Bangladesh law enforcement authorities
since 2016 who remain disappeared - that is to say they have not yet been released, "formally
arrested", or their dead body has not been found.

In effect, what this means is that Bangladesh state authorities are either secretly detaining or have
killed them.

The information below is based on media news reports, and information from human rights
organisations and in some cases direct interviews with families. It is very likely that are more
people who are disappeared - but whose cases have not been reported.

Please note that it is not uncommon for men, who have been picked up to subsequently be shown
arrested after some time, so this is an ever-changing situation. If you have any further information
on these or other enforced disappearances in Bangladesh, please e-mail Bangladesh Politico

Maroof Zaman
Picked up on 4 December 2017
Maroof Zaman, a former Bangladeshi ambassador to Qatar and Vietnam, went missing on 4 December
2017 when he drove to Dhaka airport to pick up his daughter. Subsequently, masked men entered the
family house and took away his computer.
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2017/12/disappearances-plague-bangladesh-171208160532558.html

Masum
Picked up on November 15, 2017
Masum, a madrasa student, was picked up in Jhenhaidah on November 15, 2017 by men who identified
themselves as police officers.
http://m.dailynayadiganta.com/detail/news/268973

Mubashar Hasan
Picked up on November 7, 2017
Mubashar Hasan, an academic, was picked in Dhaka soon after leaving at meeting at the UN
headquarter son November 7, 2017 allegedly by members of the military intelligence agency.
https://thewire.in/198852/bangladesh-academic-mubashar-hasan-held-by-military-intelligence-agency/

Jahangir Hossain
Picked up on November 5, 2017
Jahangir Hossain the general secretary of Dynna union unit of the youth wing of the Awami League was
picked up outside the court premises in Tangail on November 5, 2017 by men introducing themselves as
from the detective branch.
http://www.thedailystar.net/city/tangail-member-abducted-1489570

Abdus Salam Tarafder

Picked up on September 16, 2017
Abdus Salam Tarafder was picked up from his house in Khulna on September 16, 2017 by men who
identified themselves as from RAB. Another man, picked up at the same time, was released after ten day.
Police claim that Tarafdar is a ‘listed criminal’.
10, October, 2017 Jugantor

Abdul Jabbar
Picked up on September 4, 2017
Abdul Jabbar, a student, was picked upon from his house in Satkhira on September 4, 2017 by men
identifying themselves as police
http://www.bd-pratidin.com/last-page/2017/10/10/270794

Aminur Rahman
Picked up on August 27, 2017
Aminur Rahman, the secretary general of the Bangladesh Kalyan Party, which is part of the opposition
alliance was allegedly picked up on August 27 by law enforcement authorities in Dhaka
http://www.theindependentbd.com/post/112132

Syed Sadat Ahmed

Picked up on 22 August 2017
Syed Sadat Ahmed, the managing director of ABN Group and a member of the executive committee of
Bangladesh Nationalist Party was picked up by law enforcement officers on 22 August in Dhaka
http://en.prothom-alo.com/bangladesh/news/157941/Who-abducted-these-people-in-the-capital

Sohel Khan
Picked up on July 17, 2017
Sohel Khan, the General Secretary of youth wing of Awami League of Chingrakhali union in Bagherat
was picked up by RAB on July 17, 2017
http://www.mzamin.com/article.php?mzamin=74822&cat=9

Abdullah Al Faruq
Picked up on July 18, 2017
Abdullah Al Faruq, a student activist of the Awami League was picked up in Rajshai on July 18 by men
who identified themselves as from the Rapid Action Battalion.
http://www.mzamin.com/article.php?mzamin=74822
Azizul Haque Daud and Omor Faruk Mohon
Picked up on June 17, 2017Two men - Azizul Haque Daud and Omor Faruk Mohon - both activists of
the youth wing of the opposition BNP, were picked up in Feni by a group of police officers on June 17,
2017
http://www.mzamin.com/article.php?mzamin=71192

Abdul Mannan , Shomsher Fakir and Johurul Islam

Picked up on June 12, 2017
Thee men - Abdul Mannan , Shomsher Fakir and Johurul Islam – all furniture businessmen, were picked
up on 12 June in Tangail by men who identified themselves as law enforcement officers.
Prothom Alo, 20 June, 2017

Mohammad Siddiqur Rahman Nahid

Picked up on June 9, 2017
Mohammad Siddiqur Rahman Nahid, Assistant General Secretary of Narsingdi Government College unit
of the opposition Bangladesh Nationalist Party was picked up on 9 June by about 10 men identifying
themselves as law enforcement officers
http://www.theindependentbd.com/post/98755

Enamul Huq
Picked up on June 6, 2017
Enamul Huq, a mechanic, was picked up in Dhaka on June 6, 2017 by over 15 men who identified
themselves as law enforcement officers.
Prothom Alo 13 June 2017

Seven men
Picked up between May 4 and 6, 2017
Seven men - Mohammad Titu Biswas, Abdul Latif, Mohammad Shaheen Zaman (22); Rana Ahmed (25)
Monwar Hossain (32), Milon Biswas (17), Al-Amin (25), Mohammad Saheb Ali (42), Emon Hossain (17) -
were picked up between May 4 and 6, 2017 from two Villages in Jhenaidah district apparently by law
enforcement authorities.
http://www.prothom-alo.com/bangladesh/article/1184506/

Abdul Kuddus Pramanik

Picked up on 30 March 2017
Md. Abdul Kuddus Pramanik, a farmer, was picked up in Rajshai on 30 Mar 2017 by a group of men who
introduced themselves as law enforcement officers.
Prothom Alo 1 April, 2017

Shafikur Rahman
Picked up on 24 March 2017
SM Shafikur Rahman, 35, involved with a transportation business, and his brothers-in-law Md Hasan, 21,
and Moazzem Hossain Sathi, 18 were picked up in Chittagong on March 24, 2017 by men who
introduced themselves as law enforcement officers.
http://www.newagebd.net/article/12398/3-men-picked-up-by-law-enforcers-alleges-family

Shafiqul Islam Modhu

Picked up on 13 January 2017
Shafiqul Islam Modhu, an employee of Rangpur Karuponno Garment Company, was picked up in
Rangpur on January 13, 2017 by law enforcement officers from the house of his father in law in front of
his family.
Reported in Daily Manabzamin, on 8 February 2017

Hassan Ali
Picked up on 7 January 2017
Hassan Ali, who worked as a salesman for a clothes shops, was picked up in Dhaka on 7 Jan 2017 by
plain clothes dressed men, one of whom was identified in CCTV footage as being from the Detective
Branch of Police
http://www.prothom-alo.com/bangladesh/article/1085765

Abdullahil Amaan Azmi

Picked up on 22 August, 2016
According to his family, Azmi was picked up on 22 August from his family house in Mogh Bazaar in
Dhaka. Azmi is the son of Ghulam Azam, a Jamaat-e-Islami leader, who died in jail in 2014 after an
earlier conviction for crimes against humanity during the country's 1971 independence war. Azmi was
dismissed from the army in May 2009, five months after the Awami League government came to
power.http://www.aljazeera.com/news/2016/08/concern-missing-sons-bangladeshi-politicians-
160829095028714.html

Mir Ahmed Bin Quasem

Picked up on 9 August, 2016
According to his family, Quasem was picked up late at night on 9 August from his home in Mirpur in
Dhaka. Ahmed is the son of Mir Quasem Ali, a Jamaat-e-Islami leader, who was executed on September
4 (whilst his son remained disappeared) following conviction for crimes committed during the country's
independence war,
http://www.aljazeera.com/news/2016/08/bangladesh-sons-convicted-war-criminals-detained-
160811134823481.html

Yasin Mohammad Abdus Samad Talukdar

Family claim picked up on 14 July, 2016

According to his family, Yasin Mohammad Abdus Samad Talukdar, who has no political affiliation, was
picked up on 14 July from the DOHS Benani railway crossing in Dhaka by law enforcement authorities,
whom local people thought were from Rapid Action Batallion.
https://thewire.in/77772/british-bangladeshi-suspected-militant-links-detained-secretly-bangladesh-state-
four-months/

Kamrul Islam Sikdar Musa

Family claim picked up on 22 June, 2016
His wife claims that on 22 June, a group of plainclothes policemen went to the house of a friend in the
Kathgar area of Chittagong where she and her family were then staying and arrested her husband, a
sand trader who also sells bricks, close to the house. The police say that they are still trying to arrest
Musa who is suspected of involvement in the killing of the wife of a senior police officer.
http://www.thedailystar.net/backpage/musa-still

Bivas Sangma (25)

Family claim that picked up on 14 April, 2016
Bivas was a second year graduate student at Tinani Adarsha Degree College in Jhinaigati. His family
members claim that sometime after 4:00 am on April 14, men who said that they were law enforcement
officials, with some of them wearing RAB uniforms, came to their house and took Sangma away. He is
related to Probhat Marak and Rajesh Marak who were picked up on the same day (see below)
http://www.thedailystar.net/backpage/3-garo-men-missing-over-2-weeks-1216753

Rajesh Marak (22)

Family claim that picked up on 14 April, 2016
The family of Rajesh, a student at a private university in Dhaka, says that her brother was picked up, by
men claiming to be members of law enforcement agency, from his elder sister’s house located near
Bhaluka College in Mymensingh.
http://www.thedailystar.net/backpage/3-garo-men-missing-over-2-weeks-1216753
Probhat Marak (60),
Family claim that picked up on 14 April, 2016
Family members claim that Probhat, a day labourer, was picked up in by law enforcement officers from
his home in Gajni village in Sherpur. He is related to Bivas Sangma and Rajesh Marak who were also
picked up on the same day (see above)
http://www.thedailystar.net/backpage/3-garo-men-missing-over-2-weeks-1216753

Sheikh Mohammad Moyajjem Hossain Tapu (28)

Family claim picked up on 26 January, 2016
Tape was president of 22 Ward of student wing of the governing party the Awami League in Rampura in
Dhaka and General Secretary of the student wing of Awami League of Rampura Police Station unit. His
family claim that on January 26 at around 11.00 pm, men who identified themselves as DB police picked
Tapu up from a flat in Bashundhara residential area, Dhaka.

http://www.thedailystar.net/city/bcl-man-missing-18-days-510808

28 people picked up subsequently killed

Below are the details of 28 people picked up by Bangladesh law enforcement authorities since 2016,
secretly detained for different periods of time, and then subsequently killed.

To see the main page on disappearances, and see the list of those who remain missing since 2016,
click here.

The information below is based on information from human rights organisations, direct interviews with
families as well as media news reports.
Out of over 90 reported disappearances in 2016, 21 people were subsequently killed (12 of them being
opposition Jamaat-e-Islami activists). The information about these 21 people was first published in the
recent HRW report

Out of over 80 reported disappearances in 2017, 7 people were subsequently killed

These figures do not include examples of militants allegedly picked up and allegedly killed - in cases like
this. These are allegedly widespread, but are difficult to verify.

If you have any further information on these or other enforced disappearances in Bangladesh, please e-
mail Bangladesh Politico

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Mohammad Alam
Picked up on August 22, 2017. Body found on August 23, 2017
Mohammad Alam, joint convener of Amanullahpur Union unit of the BNP youth wing in Noakhali district,
was picked up on August 22, 2016 from his house in the early morning by a group of men who identified
themselves as from the detective branch of the police. The following day, police claimed that Mohammad
Alam was shot dead in a ‘gunfight’ in the early morning on August 23.
http://epaper.prothom-alo.com/view/dhaka/2017-08-25/6

Mohammad Arjullah
Picked up on May 27, 2017. Body found on May 31, 2017
Arjullah was picked up on the evening of May 27, 2017 from a local shop in the district of Chuadanga by
men who identified themselves to local people as law enforcement officers. Four days later, on May 31,
2017 his body was found in a field.
Prothom Alo 1 June, 2017

Maidul Islam, 45, Alimuddin, 55

Picked up on May 7, 2017. Bodies found on May 30, 2017
Maidul Islam (alias Rana) and Alimuddin, allegedly both members of left wing militant group, were picked
up in a village in Jessore on May 7, 2017 by members of a law enforcement agency. According to the
police they were killed in a gunfight on May 30, 2017 with the members of RAB-6 in Jhenaidah.
Prothom Alo 1 June, 2017

Nurul Alam Nuru, 40

Picked up on March 29, 2017. Body found March 30, 2017
Nurul Alam Nurul, a central leader of the student wing of the opposition, BNP, was picked up by 10
people - five in police uniform and others in plainclothes - from his rented home in Chittagong on March
29, 2017. The following day he was found murdered on the banks of the Karnaphuli river, he was shot
twice in the head and his hands were tied with rope
http://www.newagebd.net/article/12395/jcd-central-leaders-bullet-hit-body-found

Rafiqul Islam, 42
Picked up on March 24, 2017. Body found on March 28, 2017
Rafiqul Islam, an alleged criminal, was picked up on March 24, 2017 by men who identified themselves
as members of the detective branch in Mirpur. His dead body was found near a highway following a
gunfight on March 28, 2017
Prothom Alo 30 March 2017

Mohammad Hanif Mridha

Picked up on February 27, 2017. Died on March 17, 2017
On February 27, 2017, Mohammad Hanif Mridha, a businessman, and his friend Sohel Hossain, were
picked up in Narayanganj by men who claimed to be members of the Detective Branch of the police as
they were getting into a car. On March 17, it was alleged that Mridha had been arrested on suspicion of
involvement with a suicide attack at RAB headquarters in Dhaka. He was subsequently admitted to
hospital where he died.
The Daily Prothom Alo, 21 March 2017

Redwan Sabbir, Abu Abdullah, and Sohel Rana

Picked up on December 3, 2016. Bodies found on December 5, 2016
Redwan Sabbir, Abu Abdullah, and Sohel Rana, three Awami League youth wing activists, were picked
up by a group of about 12 men, some wearing vests inscribed with “RAB,” from a tea stall in Tokia Bazar
in Natore, late at night. Their bodies, with bullet wounds, were found two days later in Dinajpur
http://www.thedailystar.net/frontpage/three-jubo-league-men-found-dead-1325821

Safinul Islam, 32
Picked up on 26 September 2016, Body found on October 26, 2016
Safinul Islam (alias Safin), previously convicted in a murder case, was picked up from Dhaka by men
identifiable as members of RAB on September 26, 2016. RAB denied the arrest that time, but a month
later, claimed that he was killed in a gunfight at Dadrajonti village in Joypurhat
http://www.observerbd.com/details.php?id=40243

Tarique Hassan Shajib, 40

Picked up on 13 September, 2016. Dead body found on October 25, 2017
Tarique Hassan Shajib, member of Jamaat-e-Islami, was picked up on September 13, 2016 just after
midnight by men claiming to be police from Al Hera school in Jhenaidah town where the party often held
meetings. His body was found on October 25 with that of Zahurul Islam, whose case is described above

Mohammad Zahurul Islam, 42

Picked up on 7 September 2016. Dead body found on October 25, 2016
Mohammad Zahurul Islam, president of the Jhenaidah town unit of Jamaat-e-Islami and a lecturer at
Keyarbazar College, was picked up on September 7, 2016 his way home for lunch in the Al Hera area by
men claiming to be DB members. A month later, police said he was shot dead on October 25, 2016 at the
Jhenaidah town bypass road when they opened fire in self-defense.
http://www.newagebd.net/article/1417/two-killed-in-jhenaidah-gunfight

Idris Ali, 56
Picked up on 4 August 2016, Dead body found on 10 August 10, 2016
Idris Ali, a madrasa teacher and Jamaat-e-Islami leader in Jhenaidah, was picked up on August 4, 2016
by police while returning to his house at night. Eight days later, his body was found on the Harinakundu-
Jhenaidah road with marks of torture
http://www.theindependentbd.com/post/55492

Oliullah Mollah, 38
Picked up in 9 July 2016, Dead body found on 10 July, 2016
Oliullah Mollah, vice president of a local brick field workers’ association and general secretary of his local
unit of the Bangladesh Nationalist Party in Satkhira, was picked up on July 9, 2016 by police from the
Paruli bazaar area. Police later said his body was found on July 10, 2016 in Ganghati village following a
gunfight.
http://www.thedailystar.net/backpage/bnp-activist-killed-shootout-1251886

Faruk Hossain, 42
Picked up on 1 July 2016. Dead body found on 2 July 2016
Faruk Hossain, claimed by police to be a member of a gang of robbers, was picked up in Jessore on July
1, 2016 by four men on two motorbikes identifying themselves as police officers. Police later said his body
was found following a gunfight on July 2, 2016
http://www.thedailystar.net/country/abducted-man-killed-gunfight-1249405
Saiful Islam, 25
Picked up on July 1, 2016. Dead body found on July 19, 2016
Saiful Islam, an activist of the Jamaat-e-Islami student wing, was picked up by police from his hostel in
Jhenaidah along with four other students on July 1, 2016 , and was seen the following day by his family at
a police station. Nearly three weeks later, on July 19, 2016, police claimed to have found his body close
to Jhenaidah highway following a gunfight with criminals.
http://www.thedailystar.net/backpage/shibir-man-killed-gunfight-1256257

Nurun Nabi, 28, and Nurul Islam Rashed, 27

Picked up on 23 June 2016. Dead bodies found on July 5, 2016
Nurun Nabi and Nurul Islam Rashed, suspected of involvement in the killing of a police officer’s wife, were
picked up by police from a house in the Millitarir Pool area in Chittagong on June 23, 2016 where they
were staying. Two weeks later, the police stated that their bodies were found on July 5, 2016 following a
gunfight at MBW Brick field close to the city
http://www.thedailystar.net/backpage/2-suspects-mitu-murder-case-killed-1251382

Ibnul Islam Parvez

Picked up on June 16, 2016. Dead body found on July 2, 2016
Ibnul Islam Parvez, former president of the Jhenaidah district town unit Jamaat student wing, was picked
up from a hostel in Dhaka in June 16, 2016 (along with Anisur Rahman, see above). Two weeks later, on
July 2, 2016 the police said that Parvez’s body was found in Aruakandi village following a gunfight
http://newagebd.net/238813/another-shibir-man-killed-gunfight/

Shahid Al Mahmud and Anisur Rahman

Picked up on June 13, and 16, 2016. Dead bodies found on July 1, 2016
Shahid Al Mahmud, a cattle farmer and Jamaat-e-Islami student activist, was picked up early in the
morning on 13 June 2016 from his house in Jhenaidah in front of his parents and taken away in a
microbus. Anisur Rahman, also a student activist, was picked up three days later from a hostel in Dhaka.
Their bodies were recovered two weeks later. Police claimed they were killed during a gunfight with
criminals at the Tatultala-Naldanga road in Jhenaidah
http://archive.newagebd.net/238630/2-shibir-leaders-detained-weeks-ago-killed-gunfight/

Sohanur Rahman
Picked up on April 10, 2016. Dead body found on April 20, 2016
Sohanur Rahman, a supporter of the Jamaat-e-Islami, was arrested in Ishwarba village in Jhenaidah, in
front of his younger brother. His body, with bullet injuries, was found 10 days later.
http://www.daily-sun.com/post/129965/Abducted-college-student-found-dead-in-Chudanga

Abu Jar Gifari and Shamim Mahmud

Picked up on March 18 and 25, 2016. Dead bodies found together on April 13, 2016
Abu Jar Gifari, a Jamaat-e-Islami student leader in Jhenaidah, was picked up as he left the mosque after
Friday prayers on March 18 by four armed men in plainclothes, who identified themselves as police.
Shamim Mahmud, also a Jamaat-e-Islami student activist, was picked up outside a grocery store by men
claiming to be police on March 25. Nearly three weeks later, on April 13 their bodies were recovered,
allegedly with bullet wounds, near the cremation ground in Jessore Sadar Upazila.
http://www.thedailystar.net/backpage/bullet-hit-bodies-two-shibir-men-found-1208815

Mukul Rana (Sharif alias Saleh alias Arif)

Picked up on February 23, 2016, killed on June 19, 2016
Mukul Rana, accused of involvement in the killing of blogger Avijit Roy, was picked up and put in a
microbus from Bashundia intersection in Jessore by men who self-identified as police. Four months later,
police said his body was recovered after a gunfight
http://www.thedailystar.net/frontpage/confusion-over-arrest-mukuls-brother-law-1243570
Mohammad Jasim Uddin
Picked up February 12, 2016, dead body found March 2, 2016
Mohammad Jasim Uddin, a student at Jhenaidah Alia Madrasa and a leader of the Jamaat-e-Islami
student wing, was picked up in Dhaka by some men in plainclothes claiming to be police. His body was
found in a field 20 days later bearing torture marks.
http://www.thedailystar.net/city/missing-shibir-leaders-bullet-hit-body-found-786493

Abu Huraira
Picked up January 24, 2016, dead body found February 29, 2016
Abu Huraira, a teacher at Kuthi Durgapur Madrasa and a senior member of Jamaat-e-Islami in
Jhenaidah, was picked up outside the school where he taught by men who identified themselves as
Detective Branch members. His body was found a month later on the Jessore-Jhenaidah road
http://www.observerbd.com/2016/03/01/139188.php