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Ilias victim of political rivalry

Says his wife, looks to PM for help

Staff Correspondent
Missing BNP leader M Ilias Ali's wife Tahsina Rushdir Luna yesterday claimed that her husband has become a victim of political enmity.
"Political enmity is behind the disappearance of my husband," Luna for the first time made such claim.
She was speaking at a press conference at her Banani home in the capital.
Asked if it was a case of intra-party rivalry, she without elaborating told The Daily Star over the phone, “The government should find out.”
Luna said her husband was involved in different things including business and politics but he had no business enemies.
BNP Organising Secretary M Ilias Ali, 51, also aformer BNP lawmaker from Sylhet, and his driver went missing in the wee hours of April 18. His car was found abandoned in Banani with all its four doors flung open, giving an impression that he was abducted. Luna, however, had told reporters earlier that Ilias informed her that intelligence agencies had prepared a list of opposition leaders, who were vocal against the government on some international issues. She had said Ilias told her that he was on the list.
“I do not hear any word of hope...even though seven days have gone by since I met the prime minister," Luna said during the press conference.
She met Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on May 2 at the prime minister's official residence Gono Bhaban. Hasina had assured her of all-out efforts to rescue Ilias.
Luna yesterday said she was looking up to the prime minister for good news.
She expressed dissatisfaction over the investigation conducted by the law enforcement agencies and said no member of any law enforcement agency met her for a long time.
Asked if Rapid Action Battalion would consider Luna's claim of political reason being behind Ilias' disappearance, Rab chief Mukhlesur Rahman said, “We are considering everything in our ongoing investigation. The issue of political involvement is very sensitive so we are treading very carefully.”
The government and the opposition have been accusing each other of being involved in the disappearance of Ilias.
Meanwhile, a High Court bench yesterday fixed May 14 to hear a rule issued earlier upon the law enforcement agencies to produce BNP leader M Ilias Ali before it.
Another bench issued the rule on April 19 following a writ petition filed by Luna that said the law enforcers had picked up
Ilias illegally. Luna also sought the court's order on law enforcers to produce Ilias before it.
Following the petition, the High Court had issued the rule upon the law enforcement agencies to explain within 10 days as to why they should not be directed to produce Ilias before it or prove that he was not detained by them.
Five law enforcement agencies recently submitted reports to the court saying that Ilias was not in their custody and that they have not picked him up or detained him.