Police clueless about the four missing youths
Police are yet to trace the four youths who went missing from the capital's Banani area on Thursday, say the law enforcers.
Of the four, Zain Hossain Khan Pavel and Shafayat Hossain are students of North South University and childhood friends, while Mahedi Hasan is a student of BM College in Barisal, and Md Sujan is an employee at an advertising firm in the capital, according to their families and friends.
Their sudden disappearance has caused serious concern to their families, given that the Holey Artisan Bakery attackers and many other militant suspects disappeared in a similar fashion.
Police were yet to find any clue to the sudden disappearance or whether they have any links to militancy, said Sohel Rana, sub-inspector at Banani Police Station.
Sohel, who is investigating the matter, said they have collected security camera footage of a restaurant where the four had snacks together moments before they went traceless and their mobile phones became unreachable.
The Daily Star yesterday talked to the family members of Pavel, Mahedi and Sujan. They ruled out the possibility of the trio's involvement in militancy.
Despite repeated attempts, this correspondent couldn't reach Shafayat's family. His friends said he used to make Facebook posts on strict religious adherence.
Mahedi's uncle Mahabub Hawladar told this correspondent that his nephew came to the capital from Barisal on November 26 for a job interview at a multinational corporation.
On Friday, Pavel's father Ismail Hossain Khan filed a general diary with Banani Police Station about the disappearance of Pavel, Shafayat and Sujan.
According to the GD, Pavel, 23, went to Banani Super Market between 8:00pm and 8:30pm on Thursday to get some papers photocopied, and didn't return home.
It was also mentioned that his two friends Shafayat, 24, and Md Sujan, 25, who were with him at that time, also went missing.
The families of Pavel and Sujan live in the same building in the capital's Banani area.
FAMILIES AT A LOSS
“I have been in touch with law enforcement agencies ... I hope they will find him soon,” Pavel's father Ismail told The Daily Star.
Ismail, a businessman, said his son is obsessed with cars and he had to buy him a sports car recently.
Sujan's elder brother Suman, an employee at an advertisement firm, said he had been looking for his brother at hospitals and morgues in the capital.
Sujan filed a GD with Banani Police Station on Friday.
Mahedi's uncle Mahabub Hawladar said Mahedi and Sujan are from the same village in Barisal.
Mahedi came to the capital on November 26 for a job interview and had been staying at one of his aunt's house.
“He told his aunt that he was going to meet Sujan to fix some issues with his laptop computer he bought from Sujan,” said Mahabub.
Mahedi recently got married and was desperately looking for a job, he added.
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