Missing youth returns with newlywed wife

Kamruzzaman Tuhin alias Munna had left his Jessore home about three years ago following a row with his mother. Since then, he had had no contact with his family.

In the aftermath of the recent militant attacks in Gulshan and Sholakia, his father Abdus Sobhan on July 10 filed a general diary with Kotwali Police Station about his “missing” son.

Much to the surprise of his family members, Tuhin along with his newlywed wife returned to his parental home at Shankarpur in Jessore town yesterday, two days after Kotwali police pasted a poster with photographs of five “missing” people on the wall in front of the police station, describing them as militants. Tuhin was among the five.

The 24-year-old later went to the police station to have his name taken off the list of suspected militants. Kotwali police said the youth has no criminal record.

Talking to newsmen, Tuhin said he went to Dhaka from Jessore three years ago and had a job at a decorator's shop. Later, he joined a plastic factory at Islambagh.

The four others in the police's list are Fazle Rabbi, 21, son of Kazi Habibullah of Kishmat Nawapara in Jessore; Mehedi Hasan Jim, 19, son of Awrangajeb of Shyamlagachhi in Sharsha upazila;  Raihan, 21, son of Abdus Salam of Dharmatala in Jessore; and GM Nazim Uddin, 42, son of late Hasan Ali Gazi of Durgapur village in Monirampur upazila. 

Jessore Police Superintendent Anisur Rahman said they were investigating into the matter and verifying Tuhin's claims. 

Bhashkar Saha, ASP of Jessore, said the youth was in their custody.

“Investigations were looking into where and with whom Tuhin had been staying over the years. Police would take legal action if he is found involved in militancy. Otherwise we would hand him over to his father,” the ASP added.

Tuhin's father Sobhan, a tea stall owner near his Shankarpur home, said his son had never been involved in militancy.