Ain o Salish Kendra (ASK) expresses its concern on the mysterious disappearance of the Organizing Secretary of the Central Committee of Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) and the President of Sylhet District Committee of the BNP, Elias Ali and his driver on Tuesday night.

Different media reported that, in the late night of April 18, 2012 Elias Ali and the driver of his private car Ansar Ali went missing. We strongly believe that it is the duty of the State to protect the person and the property of the citizens. But the mysteries surrounding such successive incidents of suspicious disappearances or silent killings remain unfolded, which is a threat for the culture of human rights in the society. Such incidents are never favorable for democratic development.

We hope that the perpetrators would be brought to justice upon proper investigation of all such incidents of disappearances and silent killings, including that of Elias Ali and his driver, and necessary steps be taken by the concerned authority to prevent recurrence of such incidents.