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Dhaka, Dec 16 (bdnews24.com) An alarmed Jessore BNP leader Nazmul Islam had informed a friend on the cellphone that he suspected he was being chased and was about to be abducted moments before the incident, his friend and family claim.
Nazmul had told his friend that he was in Mohammadpur area. His wife on Thursday alleged that the police showed indifference when informed about the incident late Wednesday night.
The police, though, said they tried to rescue Nazmul.
Nazmul's body was found in South Salna area of Gazipur on Thursday morning. The police say he was strangled to death.
Nazmul, 45, was the president of Jhikorgachha unit of BNP and the party's Jessore district finance affairs secretary.
He was returning to his Dhanmondi residence after attending a wedding ceremony at Mirpur that night when he went missing -- purportedly kidnapped. The friend whom Nazmul had rung up is Talha Shahriar Aiyub, president of Kushtia's Baghabarhi unit of BNP.
THE CALL
"Nazmul-bhai called my husband when he was being abducted. He had said, 'It appears that I am being kidnapped'," Aiyub's wife Tania Rahman told bdnews24.com at Nazmul's house on Thursday.
Nazmul's wife Sabira Sultana Munni was present at the house, and also spoke to bdnews24.com.
Tania said the two men were chatting about local politics on the phone when Nazmul was driving back home, along in his car. "I was right beside my husband when, suddenly, Nazmul-bhai told my husband that a car was following him."
"Aiyub-bhai, most probably hijackers or miscreants are chasing me I am being kidnapped," she quoted her husband telling her about Nazmul's cry over the phone.
Aiyub immediately asked his location, and Nazmul replied he was in front of Mohammadpur police station, Tania said. "His mobile phone turned off just then -- it was 11.57pm."
'POLICE ACTED CALLOUS'
Within minutes, Nazmul's wife Munni said, they informed Mohammadpur police station about the incident. "But the duty officer said nothing could be done as it was late in the night. He asked us to come at 9am," she said.
"We tried to inform the Rapid Action Battalion's physical camp near the spot."
Munni alleged that the police wasted time before filing a general diary in the case.
Mohammadpur police chief Mahmudul Islam told bdnews24.com that Aiyub came to the police station and informed about his anxiety. "A general diary was filed after hearing his statement and every police personnel were given the vehicle's details over radio," he said.
Referring to her husband's last phone call, Munni claimed he was abducted from a spot between the police station and the RAB-2 camp.
But Mahmudul Islam refuted her claims and said no such information was included in the general diary. "No one informed us even verbally," he reiterated. "The general diary says they suspected he (Nazmul) could have been abducted from any place in Mohammadpur."
THE FATEFUL HOURS
Locals found Nazmul's body by Dhaka-Mymensingh highway and informed the police. They also rang up the victim's relatives from his mobile phone lying beside him.
Additional superintendent of Gazipur police Mohammad Mizanur Rahman had earlier said they suspect balm was applied to Nazmul's eyes (probably to temporarily blind him) and that he was strangled to death subsequently.
Munni on Thursday said the doors of Nazmul's car close automatically when it runs over 20 kilometre per hour. "He might have been driving at a higher speed when he realised he was being chased. It was not possible to catch him without stopping the car," she said.
DRIVING BACK ALONE
Nazmul had gone to a wedding with a friend named Kamal that night and was returning alone -- Munni and their children were in another car.
Kamal is a leader of Gopalganj wing of Awami League, she said, adding that her husband had known Kamal for the last two or three years. She claimed the AL leader had left the wedding half an hour before Nazmul.
"Kamal-bhai seemed quiet at the wedding," Munni claimed. "I had rung up his number after my husband was abducted and murdered but his phone was switched off."
Asked what she suspects as motive, Munni said, "My husband would have contested the next parliamentary elections -- he was very popular in Jessore. He had been working for the area's development for many years."
'I am being abducted' | Politics | bdnews24.com
Nazmul had told his friend that he was in Mohammadpur area. His wife on Thursday alleged that the police showed indifference when informed about the incident late Wednesday night.
The police, though, said they tried to rescue Nazmul.
Nazmul's body was found in South Salna area of Gazipur on Thursday morning. The police say he was strangled to death.
Nazmul, 45, was the president of Jhikorgachha unit of BNP and the party's Jessore district finance affairs secretary.
He was returning to his Dhanmondi residence after attending a wedding ceremony at Mirpur that night when he went missing -- purportedly kidnapped. The friend whom Nazmul had rung up is Talha Shahriar Aiyub, president of Kushtia's Baghabarhi unit of BNP.
THE CALL
"Nazmul-bhai called my husband when he was being abducted. He had said, 'It appears that I am being kidnapped'," Aiyub's wife Tania Rahman told bdnews24.com at Nazmul's house on Thursday.
Nazmul's wife Sabira Sultana Munni was present at the house, and also spoke to bdnews24.com.
Tania said the two men were chatting about local politics on the phone when Nazmul was driving back home, along in his car. "I was right beside my husband when, suddenly, Nazmul-bhai told my husband that a car was following him."
"Aiyub-bhai, most probably hijackers or miscreants are chasing me I am being kidnapped," she quoted her husband telling her about Nazmul's cry over the phone.
Aiyub immediately asked his location, and Nazmul replied he was in front of Mohammadpur police station, Tania said. "His mobile phone turned off just then -- it was 11.57pm."
'POLICE ACTED CALLOUS'
Within minutes, Nazmul's wife Munni said, they informed Mohammadpur police station about the incident. "But the duty officer said nothing could be done as it was late in the night. He asked us to come at 9am," she said.
"We tried to inform the Rapid Action Battalion's physical camp near the spot."
Munni alleged that the police wasted time before filing a general diary in the case.
Mohammadpur police chief Mahmudul Islam told bdnews24.com that Aiyub came to the police station and informed about his anxiety. "A general diary was filed after hearing his statement and every police personnel were given the vehicle's details over radio," he said.
Referring to her husband's last phone call, Munni claimed he was abducted from a spot between the police station and the RAB-2 camp.
But Mahmudul Islam refuted her claims and said no such information was included in the general diary. "No one informed us even verbally," he reiterated. "The general diary says they suspected he (Nazmul) could have been abducted from any place in Mohammadpur."
THE FATEFUL HOURS
Locals found Nazmul's body by Dhaka-Mymensingh highway and informed the police. They also rang up the victim's relatives from his mobile phone lying beside him.
Additional superintendent of Gazipur police Mohammad Mizanur Rahman had earlier said they suspect balm was applied to Nazmul's eyes (probably to temporarily blind him) and that he was strangled to death subsequently.
Munni on Thursday said the doors of Nazmul's car close automatically when it runs over 20 kilometre per hour. "He might have been driving at a higher speed when he realised he was being chased. It was not possible to catch him without stopping the car," she said.
DRIVING BACK ALONE
Nazmul had gone to a wedding with a friend named Kamal that night and was returning alone -- Munni and their children were in another car.
Kamal is a leader of Gopalganj wing of Awami League, she said, adding that her husband had known Kamal for the last two or three years. She claimed the AL leader had left the wedding half an hour before Nazmul.
"Kamal-bhai seemed quiet at the wedding," Munni claimed. "I had rung up his number after my husband was abducted and murdered but his phone was switched off."
Asked what she suspects as motive, Munni said, "My husband would have contested the next parliamentary elections -- he was very popular in Jessore. He had been working for the area's development for many years."
'I am being abducted' | Politics | bdnews24.com
This policy of killing by the AL is a dangerous new trend in the country.
