Published on 12:00 AM, December 07, 2019

Cuet student missing for three days

Family claims he was picked up by DB

Family members of a missing student of Chittagong University of Engineering and Technology have alleged  that he was picked up by the members of Detective Branch (DB) from Naya Bazar area of Chattogram city on Tuesday.

Md Shahidul Islam Azad, a mechanical engineering student, has been missing for the last three days, they said.

Family members claimed that people identifying themselves as detectives picked Shahidul up in a microbus from Moushumi residential area of Naya Bazar around 9:30pm on Tuesday. 

Shah Alam, Shahidul’s father, alleged that although his son has been missing for three days, police stations and DB office have no information of him.

Alam also claimed that he was prevented from lodging a general diary initially; eventually he filed a GD on Wednesday afternoon. Shahidul’s friends alleged that police did not cooperate with them. 

Md Mainur Rahman, officer-in-charge of Pahartali Police Station, said neither police nor detectives detained anyone of this name.

“We are looking into who picked up Shahidul. We are trying to locate his position using mobile tracking technology,” he added.