Members of law enforcement agencies are now active to find out the people, who have been remained missing for long, but family members of three madrasa students alleged that police were not playing effective role to trace out their children.
Local sources said Rafi Hossain, son of Abdus Sattar, went missing on December 28, 2015.
Two days after his missing, a man from an unknown number demanded money from Rafi's family saying that he was in a critical state. Then, his family sent money through a bKash account.
Momen, cousin of Rafi, said: “We informed police about the matter and filed a general diary with Sadar police station, but police could not find out him.”
Jhorna Begum, mother of Rafi, said: “I am requesting law enforcement agencies to find out my son. We are panicked because many missing persons are now involved in militancy.”
Md Abdul Hai, a teacher of Bhuiyanbari Madrasa, told the Dhaka Tribune that Rafi was quite as well as obedient student. He did not believe that he was involved in militancy.
President of district chapter of SHUJAN Shyamlendu Pal said all of the people who had remained missing might not involved in militancy or with Islamic State.
“But many missing people are now involved in militancy, so police should take prompt measures to find out them,” he opined.
Apart from Rafi, another madrasa student Al Amin, 14, son of Aiyub Ali, went missing on March 15, 2015.
On April 12, 2015, Wasim Mia, 22, son of Abdul Gani Mia, went missing after he went to Dhaka from Dhoba-Hogla village, Purbo Dholar upazila.
Family members of the missing people told the Dhaka Tribune that they had registered GDs with respective police stations, but police could not play effective role to find out them.
Superintendent of police Joydev Chowdhury told the Dhaka Tribune that they were trying their best to find out missing persons.
“Apart from police, different intelligence agencies have been informed the matters, they are doing their works.
“We will solve the cases as soon as possible,” he added.
In Jhenaidah, 10 people, including, activist of the ruling party, students and Imam, have been remained missing for the last several months.
According to local sources, six people from Sadar upzila, two from Sailkupa upazila, each from Kaliganj and Harinakunda upzilas, went missing a few months ago.
However, officer-in-charge of respective police stations claimed that they had not been informed about the matter.
People of the district who have remained traceless are Shahin Hossain Parash and Saiful Islam, residents of Sailkupa, Hasan Ali, a tenth grader student at Sadar upzila, Hossain Ali of the same upzila, Jahid, a Jubo League activist, Rashed Rose, son of vice-president of district unit Bangabandhu Parishad, Abdur Rob, a madrasa student, Azmul Huda, another madrasa student, Sohel Rana, son of an Imam at Public Health Jam-e-Mosque, and Uzzal Sardar, son of trader Shahidul Sardar.
Officer-in-Charge of Sadar police station Harendranath Sarkar told the Dhaka Tribube parents of Hossain Ali had filed a GD recently.
He said: “We are not informed about other missing people in the upzila.”
Officers-in-Charge of Mohespur, Kotchandpur, Kaliganj and Horinakunda police stations echoed the same words.
