Dhaka, June 24 -- Allegations have long been there that Hindi-speaking Indian nationals interrogated victims of enforced disappearances in Bangladesh's secret detention centres. Now, fresh claims suggest that Americans also conducted interrogations inside these black sites.

Victims have described to the commission how they were interrogated by English-speaking foreigners inside secret detention centres - referred to in the report as "foreign guests".

These revelations appear in the Chapter 6 of the report of the government-commissioned panel on enforced disappearances, which was shared with journalists on Monday by the Chief Advisor's press wing.

The commission notes that while these foreign operatives were not directly involved in tor...