Ambassador Haas visited the residence of Sanjeeda Islam, coordinator of Mayor Dak, an organization of relatives of victims of enforced disappearances in the capital city’s Shaheenbagh on Wednesday morning.
Sanjeeda is the sister of BNP leader Sajedul Islam Suman, who reportedly went missing in 2013.
Peter Haas was stopped and confronted by members of another organization Mayer Kanna – a forum of family members of victims of the earlier regime, notably the administration of BNP founder Ziaur Rahman.
The US Ambassador met Foreign Minister Momen on an emergency basis at the State Department immediately after the incident.