A case of two missing doctors

Two doctors have mysteriously gone missing in Kishoreganj and Faridpur, with one of them having allegedly been picked up by unknown persons.

Both men have been traceless for several days.

On Saturday evening, Mirza Kawsar, 28, was allegedly picked up by unknown persons from Medix Coaching Centre in Kishoreganj town's Khorompatti area around 7:00pm.

He is the director of the centre and also a lecturer of the pharmacology department at President Abdul Hamid Medical College and Hospital in Kishoreganj.

Md Alamin Hossain, additional police superintendent (Sadar Circle), said staffers of the coaching centre and eyewitnesses informed police that five people had come to the centre in a black microbus. They went to the second floor of the building and asked Mirza to come downstairs with them.

As Mirza followed, he was forced to board the microbus, which immediately left the scene, the ASP said, quoting eyewitnesses. 

He added that police have already started drives to find and rescue the doctor as soon as possible.

In a separate incident in Faridpur's Bhanga, Md Zakir Hossain, 28, a medical officer of Bhanga Upazila Health Complex, has been missing since November 8.

He had been working there for three years.

According to hospital sources, Zakir had left for home around 2:00pm, after finishing his duties at the outdoor department of the health complex.

Around 12:30am (November 9), a text message was sent to his wife from his phone saying there was no electricity and his phone might be switched off at any time.

Another message was sent from his phone to Mohsin Uddin Fakir, Bhanga Upazila Health and Family Welfare officer.

The message said his (Zakir's) mother-in-law was ill and he needed to go to Dhaka urgently. It added that he will return the next day (November 10).

Mohsin Uddin said, "Zakir's wife then informed me that not only did he not return home, her mother was not ill."

The family filed a general diary with the Bhanga Police Station.

Md Ziarul Islam, officer-in-charge of Bhanga Police Station, said, "We still could not find any trace of the doctor. We have sent messages with his photograph attached to all the police stations.

"Apart from police, the Detective Branch and Rab are also working to find him. But we are yet to get any information."