A family was reduced to tears on Friday as they realised that the rescued Reshma is not “their Reshma."
People from different corners of Bangladesh and elsewhere were celebrating the rescue of Reshma, on the 17th day following the Rana Plaza collapse.
As soon as it was announcement a garment worker named Reshma was alive in the basement of the building, Abdul Habib Sheikh rushed to the area assuming that it was his wife who is still missing.
Habib said his wife Reshma was a swing operator at Phantom Garments. She hails from Rajbari and has a six-year-old son named Azizul Hakim.
Before identifying the survivor, Habib told the Dhaka Tribune: “I have been trying to find her since the day the building collapsed. I went to Adhar Chandra Field, Rana Plaza point and multiple morgues to find my beloved wife. It seems God has blessed me now.
“Please take me to her. I want to talk to Reshma,” he was seen shouting while standing opposite the collapsed building. Meanwhile, the Dhaka Tribune reporters went to G/17 of Bank Colony area after Habib gave them his address.
Habib's relatives were seen celebrating the rescue. They told the Dhaka Tribune they saw, on television, a girl named Reshma was rescued alive.
“Reshma’s husband Habib already rushed to the spot. I will be going there soon to see our daughter-in-law,” Habib’s father Abdul Khaleque said. “This is our Reshma. On April 24, she was wearing a blue dress and I saw on TV, the rescued girl was wearing the same coloured dress.”
Habib’s mother said: “We searched for her everywhere. Look at her son: for these past 17 days, he has repeatedly been telling us to bring back his mother.”
However, at 6:30pm, when the Dhaka Tribune team met Habib, he said: “Brother, this was not my Reshma. This Reshma’s husband’s name is Razzaque.”
