A report by the commission on enforced disappearances has revealed a detailed account of abductions and extrajudicial killings that occurred in 2012 and 2013. The report states that on December 4, 2013, BNP leader Sajedul Islam Sumon and seven others were abducted from Dhaka, while several members of Islami Chhatra Shibir also went missing. It identifies the involvement of RAB Intelligence, RAB-1, and other battalions, naming several then-senior officers including Lt. Col. Ziaul Ahsan, Lt. Col. Kismat Hayat, Maj. Mahfuzul-Amin Nur, Maj. Abdullah Al Momen, Capt. HM Selimuzzaman, Brig. Miftah Uddin Ahmed, and Lt. Col. Shaheen Azad.
The report cites testimony from witnesses and surviving victims, describing operations where detainees were moved between locations, official records were destroyed, and victims’ identities concealed. One officer testified about a “Golf Operation” in which four unidentified persons were shot and their bodies dumped into a river. The commission also linked RAB units to the abductions of BNP leader M. Ilias Ali and Shibir member Hafiz Zakir Hossain.
According to the commission, many victims’ fates remain unknown, but evidence confirms direct involvement of RAB Intelligence, RAB-1, and related units in the disappearances and killings.