Two tourists and their guide have been missing in Ruma upazila of Bandarban district since Saturday. Police have yet to find their trace.
The tourists were identified as Munna, 35, and Jamil, 28, but the guide had not been identified yet when this report was filed, sources at police told the Dhaka Tribune.
Locals said the tourists were from Mirpur, Dhaka and arrived in Ruma on September 28 to visit Boga Lake.
They were last seen near Raikhkhang Pukurpara area, close to Boga Lake, on Saturday afternoon, they said.
When contacted, Ruma police station OC Shariful Islam said no complaint had been filed yet with the police station in this regard.
However, sources at police said even though there is an official rule that tourists must register their names and personal details with the local police station when visiting Ruma, the missing tourists had not done so.
The lack of information is making it even more difficult to find them, they said.
Locals believe that the tourists and their guide had most likely been abducted by local gang of armed criminals.
The local law enforcement agencies are running an elaborate search operation in the area to find the missing persons, said Kazi Mohammad Chahel Tostori, upazila nirbahi officer in Ruma.
In a separate incident, two businessmen were abducted from the district’s Alikadam upazila on Sunday.
Police said they have yet to find any trace of the abductees and are looking for them.
