Farhad Mazhar 'abduction' case with DB
Detective branch of police is set to investigate the case in connection with the abduction of poet, essayist and political commentator Farhad Mazhar.
At the order of Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) commissioner Asaduzzaman Mia, the case is being transferred to detective branch of police from Adabar police station on Wednesday.
Tejgaon police deputy commissioner Biplob Kumar Sarker confirmed this to Prothom Alo.
He said DMP commissioner ordered the transfer of the case filed in connection with the abduction of Farhad Mazhar to DB.
The police official said the investigation officer was asked to transfer the case.
Poet, essayist, and political analyst Farhad Mazhar was abducted from his Adabar residence early Monday, claimed his family.
Farhad Mazhar’s wife Farida Akhtar filed an abduction case with the Adabar police station.
The footage of the CCTV cameras installed in front of Farhad’s residence shows that he was “leaving the residence on foot, wearing normal clothes, at 5:05am in the morning”.
But Farhad, who is said to be a pro-opposition intellectual and has remained vocal against the government’s “onslaught on freedom of expression”, called up his wife at 5:29am over cell phone and said: “I am being taken away. They will kill me.”
‘Abducted’ poet and columnist Farhad Mazhar was rescued from Noapara of Abhaynagar in Jessore by the Rapid Action Battalion (RAB).
Farhad Mazhar was taken to the Detective Branch (DB) headquarters at Minto Road after being brought to Dhaka from Jessore on Tuesday morning.
He was then sent to the lower court to record his deposition under Section 164.
Dhaka metropolitan magistrate Ahsan Habib on Tuesday recorded his deposition and permitted him to return him on his own, with a Tk 10,000 undertaking.
Read more: