The New Nation - Internet Edition

Desk Report

South Keraniganj police allegedly did not take any effective initiatives to find out an abducted businessman despite repeated appeals of the victim's helpless wife.

Ruma Akter Tipthi, wife of the abducted trader Aminul Basher alias Ramjan, said, her husband was kidnapped by some identified miscreants from near Babu Bazar Bridge when the couple was returning to their residence on March 7 from Dhaka city.

''One Masud and Foyez stopped our rickshaw and took my husband with them saying, they have a very important discussion. Waiting for some times, I returned to our rented house at Maddhapara of Abdullahpur and told the whole matter to our relatives and landlord Farid.

Being advised by them, Ruma went to the South Keraniganj Thana several times and requested police to find out her husband. The duty officers told her to contact with Syed Salim Sazzad, Officer in Charge of the police station. But OC did not pay any heed to her and did not record any case or file general diary, sources said.

Sources alleged, the OC made indecent remarks when she sought his cooperation and at one stage, he forcibly expelled her from the Thana.

Relatives of the victim told the journalists, Ramjan developed disagreement with some others over cable business in the area. He filed a general diary(1529) naming Sadat, Kalam of Baghapur village and another GD(367) against Nabi Hossain of Godabagh and Momen of Rajbari village of the Upazila.

Local sources alleged, police is trying to divert the kidnapping case toward a wrong direction for mysterious reasons.

While talking to journalist, OC Syed Salim Sazzad denied the allegation of misbehaving with Ruma adding that they were investigating the matter.

However he could not answer properly why he did yet record any case or GD in this connection even after one week of the kidnapping.

Ruma sough immediate intervention of the high ups of the law enforcing agencies including Inspector General of Police and Director General of the Rapid Action Battalion to save the life of her husband.