Missing youth's family seeks govt's help

Family members of a university student, who went missing in the capital four months back, yesterday urged the government to find out his whereabouts.
The victim, Md Mahhudul Hasan Saikat, 20, went missing on July 7 while he was returning to his family residence in Dhanmondi from Bhuiya Academy where he studied, they said.
Family members organised a press conference at Jatiya Press Club yesterday, seeking help in tracing out Saikat.
Md Rafiqul Islam Mollah, the victim's father, said Saikat went out from home around noon on the day to attend a class and, later around 7:00pm, he informed over phone that he was on the way to home.
"But four months have passed, he did not come home,” said Mollah, adding that, “We searched many places to find him, but failed."
Saikat's family have contacted Rapid Action Battalion and filed a case with Joydebpur Police Station in Gazipur in this regard.
Police arrested their private car driver, Nurunnobi, in this connection, said Mollah.
Nurunnobi admitted to police that he abducted Saikat in exchange of Tk 2 lakh and handed him over to some criminals in Tangail, he said, quoting police.
“But police are yet to find my son," he added.