A BBC journalist has said that around 106,000 persons were missing in LTTE-controlled areas after the war and the Sri Lankan government should explain it.Frances Harrison made the allegation in Chennai, South India, during the launch of a Tamil translation of a book she had authored on the conflict in Sri Lanka.Having worked as a BBC correspondent in Sri Lanka from 2000 to 2004, Frances Harrison said she had accessed World Bank population data in this regard to substantiate her claim.”The number may not include (LTTE) detainees or those who had left the country but the government has to explain (the dip in the population in Tamil-dominated areas)”, Indian Express quoted her as having said.Harrison said she had accessed the World Bank data on population of Mullaithivu, Kilinochchi, Vavuniya and Mannar, which she said, revealed that 106,000 persons were “missing” after the war.Author of the book “Still Counting the Dead” said it was based on tales of survivors including a former rebel, a nurse, a nun and a teacher, among others.Besides narrating the account of war by its survivors, the book also carried criticism against LTTE, she said.