'Abducted' bank official returns home

IFIC Bank official Shamim Ahmed, who was allegedly kidnapped from the capital's Paltan last week, has returned home.

The kidnappers blindfolded him and left him near Motijheel on Monday night, his wife Shilpi Ahmed told The Daily Star by phone.

On August 23, nine people identifying themselves as members of law enforcement agencies forced Shamim into a white microbus in front of Khana Basmati Restaurant at Paltan, shows CCTV footage of the restaurant opposite Baitul Mukarram National Mosque.

Released, Shamim called up his wife from an unknown number around 10:00pm that day and asked her to send a car to Shantinagar where he had gone to a relative's house after being freed.

Shilpi, who lives in Fatullah of Narayanganj, came to Shantinagar that night and took him home.

“No one beat him. Physically he is stable, but he is very frightened,” Shilpi said, adding that Shamim had been kept blindfolded all these days.

Shiblee Noman, additional deputy commissioner of Motijheel zone, said the family members had informed the police of Shamim's return. Police were yet to identify the kidnappers.

“After talking to the victim, we will be able to give further details,” he said.

On the day of the abduction, the kidnappers had their lunch at the restaurant. As the banker was about to enter the eatery, they dragged Shamim into a microbus and drove away.

Later that day, his wife filed a general diary with Paltan police.

Meanwhile, businessman Aniruddha Kumar Roy, managing director of RMM Group, who was abducted from in front of a bank in the capital's Gulshan on Sunday, is still missing.

According to the footage of CCTV cameras installed around the place, three criminals shoved Aniruddha into a microbus as soon as he came out of the bank and sped away.

Aniruddha's nephew Kollol Hazra filed a GD with Gulshan police in this connection.