Dhaka, Feb. 12 -- Muhammad Yunus, chief advisor to the interim government, has said that the ousted Awami League government had established an "Ayyam-e-Jahilliyah" - referring to the "age of ignorance" prior to the arrival of the Prophet Muhammad SM - and that the "Ayna Ghor" detention cells are one example of it. He said that "everyone is culpable" for allowing them to be used.

The chief advisor made the remarks after visiting the joint interrogation cells at the Directorate General of Forces Intelligence, the Task Force Intelligence Centre at RAB Headquarters, and the cells inside the CPC-3 on Wednesday, accompanied by several other advisors and members of the media.

"All that happened here - the situation was brutal. The more I hear,...