UK detectives in town to assess rescue efforts
Two UK detectives are now in the country to inquire about the police efforts to rescue missing BNP leader Mujibur Rahman.
A British citizen from London, Mujibur, 56, along with his driver Rezaul Haque Sohel, 30, went missing in Sunamganj on May 4.
Visiting the district on Thursday and Saturday, the detectives talked to police officials and family members of Mujibur, a member of the new convening committee of Sunamganj district unit BNP.
Md Shakhawat Hossain, additional deputy inspector general of police (Sylhet), said the British cops exchanged views with the local police officials to have an idea about the investigation into Mujibur's disappearance.
Harun-or-Rashid, superintendent of police in Sunamganj, told The Daily Star that they had a meeting with the UK detectives on Saturday. “They wanted to know about our investigation into the disappearance of Mujibur.”
The detectives also talked to Enamul Haq, the investigation officer and officer-in-charge of Sunamganj Police Station, he added.
Former vice-president of the Sunamganj unit and the UK chapter of the BNP, Mujibur along with his driver went missing after he attended the opposition's hunger strike in Sunamganj town on May 4 to protest the recent abductions, killings and forced disappearances, said family members of Mujibur.
The UK chapter of the BNP staged demonstrations seeking help of the British government to rescue Mujibur unhurt.
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