Police are conducting a drive to locate BNP Joint Secretary General Salahuddin Ahmed in Fulchhari upazila of Gaibandha.
Fulchhari Upazila UNO Mustafizur Rahaman endorsed the information to the Dhaka Tribune on Thursday night.
He said: “Police have launched a special drive around 9:45pm after hearing rumour that a body was found near Bramhaputra Charr area under Fazlupur union of the upazila.”
Additional Superintendent of Gaibandha Police Mosharaf Hossain is leading the special drive, he said.
Mosharaf Hossain also confirmed the Dhaka Tribune about the special drive, saying that it will take at least two hours to reach the place.
Meanwhile, Falupur Union Parishad Chairman Zoynal Abedin said they were also conducting drive with the help of the union parishad’s staff.
“We did not find the body yet,” he said.
BNP leader Salahuddin, was allegedly picked up on March 10 from a house in Uttara by some people who identified themselves as detectives.
Until then, Salahuddin had been issuing press statements on behalf of the party from hideout since the arrest of another Joint Secretary General Ruhul Kabir Rizvi.
Former bureaucrat Salahuddin left government job to join the BNP and became a lawmaker from a Cox’s Bazar constituency. He also served as the state minister for communications.