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Frantic search for near and dear ones

Kailash Sarkar
Worried family members and relatives of the missing officials of Bangladesh Rifles (BDR), deputed from Bangladesh Army, searched the city hospitals and clinics yesterday for their dear ones.
Failing to contact over phone, the family members roamed around the BDR Headquarters at Peelkhana since the morning.
They visited morgues and clinics with a hope to find out nearest ones. Some of them also visited various media houses and contacted journalists. .
BDR sources said families of around 100 officers reside inside the BDR headquarters. The rebel BDR jawans held hostage the officers along with their family members.
Syihet Sector Commander Colonel Gulzaruddin Ahmed's niece Shampa Akhter Somu told The Daily Star, "We heard that my uncle made a phone call to one of the journalists in the morning. Do you have any more information about him?"
Sources said Col Gulzar, who is the immediate former additional director general of Rapid Action Battalion (Rab), had made a phone call to an official of Rab and also a journalist at about 9:30am requesting them to do something for his rescue.
Somu said her uncle told die journalist and the Rab official that he was held hostage at gunpoint
Gulzar's nephew Sahadat Hossain said he rushed to Holly Family Red Crescent Hospital at about 10:30pm on information that die injured BDR personnel were admitted to the hospital.
Kushtia sector commander Colonel Shamsul /Vefin came to Dhaka four days ago, family sources said, adding that he stayed in the mess of BDR on Tuesday night.
His brother-in-law Azharul Islam rushed to Holly Family Hospital in an effort to find out Arefin.
He said Arefin had contacted his family members last time at about9:00am.
Both Azhar and Shahdat said they heard that many officers were killed inside the BDR headquarters.
Sazzad Haider, public relation officer of BDR. told The Daily Star that about 100 families of the BDR officials reside inside the BDR headquarters and of them at least 50 families are of army officials who are deputed to BDR.
Meanwhile, Colonel Mujibul Huq was killed but his family members did not find his body.