ASK worried over 2 missing hostages
Rights body Ain o Salish Kendra (ASK) yesterday expressed deep concern over the missing of the two rescued hostages of Gulshan cafe attack.
Issuing a press statement, it demanded that authorities concerned take appropriate step in line with the law and show highest professional attitude to r the matter.
The families of Abul Hasnat Rezaul Karim, a former teacher of North South University, and Tahmid Hasib Khan, a student in overseas, alleged that they are traceless after being rescued from the Holey Artisan Bakery on July 2.
The Dhaka Metropolitan Police had picked them up, but now they are saying that the duo is no more in police custody, said the statement, quoting media report.
They were in law enforcers' suspects list, it read.
“Clear statement from related authorities is needed over their whereabouts. It is also needed to inform the families about the issue,” it added. Militants took hostages at Holey Artisan Bakery on July 1 evening, killing 20 people including foreigners. An army commando operation ended the 12-hour hostage standoff the next morning, killing six suspected militants and rescuing 13 hostages, according to ISPR.
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