3 Jubo Dal men held
Sunamganj police yesterday arrested three people, including a leader of Jatiyatabadi Jubo Dal, in connection with the disappearance of the BNP leader Mujibur Rahman and his driver Rezaul Haque Sohel Sunday last.
UK citizen Mujibur Rahman's family got a letter at their London home on Thursday that said the duo were confined to a house in Sylhet.
Meanwhile, Sunamganj BNP will observe an eight-hour hartal in the district today protesting the abduction.
Police yesterday said BNP's youth wing leader Ali Akbar, Zihad Miah of Sunamganj Old Bus Stand area, and Tareq Miah of Balijuri in Tahirpur upazila were arrested at the Old Bus Stand area of the town.
Superintendent of Police (SP) Harun Or Rashid of Sunamganj said police arrested them on suspicion of their involvement in the abduction allegedly over a land dispute and they were interrogating them.
Mujibur, adviser to “BNP United Kingdom chapter” and Sunamganj BNP convening committee member, and his driver disappeared on May 4 when they were going to Sylhet from Sunamganj.
Mujibur had bought land from one Fazlul Haque at the Old Bus Stand area of Sunamganj town and was building a market there. There was a dispute between Fazlul and Mujibur.
Ali Akbar is Fazlul's son-in-law and Zihad and Tareq are Fazlul's nephews.
Mujibur's wife forwarded the letter, which was dropped in her mailbox, to Sunamganj police.
The letter, written in Bangla, said those who have abducted Mujibur and his driver would hand them over to another party but they could not. The letter said they would kill Mujibur if they failed to make the transfer.
Deputy Inspector General of Police Mokbul Hossain told The Daily Star that they suspect that the motive behind the abduction might have the origin in the UK rather than in Bangladesh.
“We have gathered information that Mujibur Rahman had a dispute with a BNP leader in England,” Mokbul said.
Meanwhile, in Sylhet city, Ilias Mukti Sangram Parishad, a platform of BNP men, yesterday formed a human chain and held a rally at the City Point area, demanding the return of Mujibur and his driver.
UK acting High Commissioner Nick Low on Thursday expressed concern at the abduction of British citizen Mujibur Rahman and urged that the government apprises them of the circumstances of his disappearance and progress in probe.
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