A/HRC/19/58 Urgent actions 97. The Working Group transmitted two cases under its urgent action procedure to the Government. 98. The first case concerned Mr. Rajkumar Sanayaima Rajkumar, who was allegedly abducted by a combined operation of the Indian intelligence agency ―RAW‖ (Research and Analysis Wing) and the Bangladesh intelligence agency from Lalmatia, area of Dhaka, under Mohammadpur Police Station, on 29 September 2010. In accordance with the Working Group’s usual practice, the Government of India received a copy of the case. The Government of Bangladesh acknowledged receipt of this case. 99. The second case concerned Mr. Mohammad Rafiqul Islam, who was allegedly abducted in Dhaka on 15 February 2011, by agents of the ―Rapid Action Battalion‖. The Government acknowledged receipt of this case. General allegations Summary of the general allegation 100. Information was submitted by sources concerning obstacles encountered in the implementation of the Declaration on the Protection of All Persons from Enforced Disappearance in Bangladesh. This information was transmitted to the Government on 4 May 2011, after the Working Group’s ninety-third session. 101. Sources informed the Working Group that enforced disappearance is frequently being used as a tool by the country’s law-enforcement agencies, paramilitary and armed forces to detain and even extra-judicially execute individuals. According to sources, enforced disappeared persons were abducted by plain-clothed armed men, who introduced themselves as officers of the Rapid Action Battalion (RAB). They were handcuffed and blindfolded and taken into the RAB's custody and detained for several months in unknown locations without any contact. During detention, they were reportedly regularly tortured. The Working Group was also informed that the victims were detained for four to eight months without any record being kept by any of the country's institutions. 102. It was also reported, that after prolonged detention, the disappeared were driven a few hundred miles away from their place of detention and dropped off blindfolded at night in isolated rural areas. The persons were then arrested by the local police, who informed the relatives to fetch them. The sources further indicated that, during their disappearance, the victims were subjected to serious intimidation by the Rapid Action Battalion's officers, including being subjected to death threats. 103. The Working Group was also informed that relatives of the disappeared are prevented from exercising their right to register a complaint regarding the alleged abductions. Cases will not be registered after it is reported to the authorities that the abductors introduce themselves as officers of the RAB. There has not been a single recorded instance in which the perpetrators of the abductions and disappearances have shown specific documents or warrants issued by courts or referring to particular criminal cases against the abducted person. 104. The Government acknowledged receipt of the general allegation. However, no response regarding its content has been received during the reporting period. Total cases transmitted, clarified and outstanding 105. Since its establishment, the Working Group has transmitted seven cases to the Government; of those, one case has been clarified on the basis of information provided by the Government, and six remain outstanding. 26