What I saw is indescribable: Yunus on Aynaghar

Chief Adviser Professor Muhammad Yunus on Wednesday described the conditions inside the secret DGFI and RAB detention centres, known as Aynaghars, as beyond words.

"What I saw is indescribable. If I had to put it into words, I would call it a scene of pure horror. It is beyond human comprehension. The victims of disappearance told me stories of unbelievable, brutal torture. The more I hear, the more unimaginable it seems. People were held and tortured for no crime at all. Is this the society we have built?” Yunus told reporters after the inspection.

He condemned the previous government for fostering a culture of oppression, calling the Aynaghars a symbol of an era of darkness.

"The cells where they were kept are smaller than a village chicken coop. They were held in these inhumane conditions for months and even years, deprived of the most basic human rights," Yunus said.

Yunus held society at large responsible for allowing such atrocities and stressed that Bangladesh must eradicate such extreme oppression to survive.

He thanked the Disappearance Commission for its role in uncovering the torture cells, revealing that investigators had to break down walls with spades to expose the sites.

"Those responsible must be brought to justice. If they are not held accountable, none of us will be spared," he warned.

Yunus personally inspected three Aynaghars across Dhaka, accompanied by six advisers, local and foreign media personnel, ICT Chief Prosecutor Tajul Islam, members of the Disappearance Commission, and eight victims of enforced disappearances.