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Khosru freed but mystery remains

STAFF CORRESPONDENT, Ctg
After the release of Sitakunda Press Club president Atahar Siddiqui Khosru, the situation has become rather unclear with the police claiming that it was an "arranged drama".
But the members of Khosru's family and fellow journalists have dismissed the police version of the story as baseless.
Police are reportedly trying to prove that the journalist remained hiding at a hotel in Dhaka. The owner of the hotel reportedly recognised Khosru from his photograph published in different dailies on May 22 and informed the Investigation Officer (IO) of the case over his cellular phone.
A team of Double Mooring police led by IO Mahmud went to Dhaka on Thursday and procured a bag containing some belongings including a diary and mobile phone set of Khosru from the hotel.
They also arrested the manager of the hotel, Harunur Rashid, room-
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boy Jalil and a hardwire businessman Kabir and produced them before the Chittagong CMM's court here yesterday.
On the other hand, Khosru's family members alleged that Khosru was abducted. "Whatever be the incident," the family members said, "investigation should be made to know who were behind it, what was the motive or who might have been benefited from the incident."
They expressed surprise as well as resentment as police appeared to be interested to prove that Khosru was hiding somewhere, instead of finding out who had abducted him.
Meanwhile, a rumour that Khosru was arrested and undergoing treatment under police custody spread in the city on Thursday night.
Some local dailies in their reports also said that an "arrange drama of abduction" was proved and Khosru was arrested.
However, police said the report of "Khosru's arrest" was misleading. Police officials said police were posted at the clinic to ensure the security of Khosru at the directive of the court that followed an appeal made by his family.
Khosru's elder brother Akram Siddiqui Chowdhury in a press statement last evening said that the reports published in a section of the press shocked the victim's family members who had faced a lot of anxiety, and sufferings in the 21 days of his abduction.
Before producing the "three witnesses" from Dhaka before the court, the IO of the case took them to National Hospital, a clinic at Mehedibagh, to identify Khosru. But as the IO entered Khosru's room, the others reportedly expressed unwillingness to go inside. Later, they were taken to the court without identifying Khosru. Police did not allow the local pressmen to talk to the witnesses.
Khosru, also a correspondent of the Bengali daily Ittefaq, was kidnapped while going to a relative's house at Nalapara from Dewanhat under Double Mooring thana in the city on April 30.
After his release on May 21, Khosru alleged, while talking to fellow newsmen, that his opposition to the leadership and illegal activities of local thana BNP general secretary Nurul Islam and his men might be the reason behind the abduction.