Dhaka, June 19 -- The Bangladesh Army was not institutionally involved in enforced disappearances, but it was aware of such incidents, according to the chief of the commission investigating the abductions.

Former justice Moyeenul Islam Chowdhury, the chair of the commission, said the Army as an institution had no official role in the disappearances.

Citing former army chief Nur Khan Liton, a member of the commission and human rights activist, said that while the force may not have been officially involved, it was "aware" of what was happening.

The remarks came a day after a delegation from the UN Working Group on Enforced or Involuntary Disappearances (WGEID), led by its vice-chair Grażyna Baranowska, met with Chief of Army Staff ...