Razzak taken to Pilkhana for treatment

BGB Nayek Abdur Razzak, who has been brought back home from captivity in Myanmar, was yesterday taken to the BGB's Pilkhana headquarters in Dhaka for better treatment.

“He sustained a serious wound in his nose. As there are no sufficient treatment facilities in Teknaf, we're bringing him to Dhaka for necessary check-up and treatment,” said an official at Pilkhana.

Razzak was kept at the 42 BGB Battalion headquarters in Teknaf after his release from Myanmar Border Guard Police (BGP) on Thursday. He was sent to Cox's Bazar around 9:00am yesterday, reports our correspondent in Cox's Bazar.

“He was sent to Dhaka's Pilkhana in an ambulance from Cox's Bazar. He will undergo medical treatment there,” said Maj Abu Rasel Siddique, joint director of the 42 BGB Battalion.

Razzak reached Dhaka around 11:30pm. He would go to doctors today.

Meanwhile, Razzak's father Tofazzal Hossain was worried, hearing that his son was taken to Dhaka for treatment, our Natore correspondent adds.

“Although Razzak told us over the mobile phone that he is fine, then what prompted the BGB authorities to take him to Dhaka?” asked Tofazzal, adding that Razzak might hide his real physical condition from them. 

He said they would visit Razzak at Pilkhana today.

The Myanmar BGP handed over Razzak to a Border Guard Bangladesh delegation following a flag meeting at Maungdaw on Thursday, eight days after his abduction.

On June 17, plain-clothes BGP members on a boat attacked a BGB patrol boat near the Naf river in Bangladesh side and took Razzak. The BGP men had shot and wounded a BGB trooper in the attack.

Since then, Bangladesh had tried to hold a flag meeting with the BGP and bring Razzak back. After dillydallying for eight days, the BGP finally held the flag meeting and handed over Razzak on Thursday.