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Abduction of 4 Youths in Savar

2 whistle-blowers held as suspects

Kailash Sarkar
Two youths in Savar witnessed the abduction of their four friends on August 13 and informed the victims' parents without even thinking their rightful act might inflict punishment upon them.
The information led one of the parents to file a case with Savar police on August 17 so that the law enforcers could investigate the matter and rescue the four.
The police acted fast. But instead of investigating the case, they branded the two whistle blowers — Mohammad Rajib, 24, and Sabuj Miah, 25, -- as the abductors.
The two were quickly arrested and put behind bars without interrogation.
Talking to The Daily Star, families of the four youths said those two witnesses paid the penalty for helping them. Towfiqul Islam Tushar, 23, Mohorom Ali, 35, Joynal Abedin, 25, Md Mostafa, 26, and Md Mithu alias Prasanta, 22, were kidnapped in the evening on August 13 from a roadside tea stall in Savar.
Four days after the incident, Tushar's fatherTajul Islam filed a case with Savar police mentioning that his son along with three friends was kidnapped by unknown people.
All the four families claimed that the kidnappers appeared to be law enforcers and that the incident occurred before a big crowd, many of whom later described it to them.
Intriguingly, 21 days after the incident, Rapid Action Battalion on September 3 announced arrest of the four youths along with two others in connection with "plotting" to kill three doctors.
Asked, Lt Col Ziaul Hasan, director of Intelligence Wing of Rab, denied the arrest of those four youths before September2.
"Those youths might have gone into hiding sensing that Rab members were following them," heargued.
Tushar's father Tajul Islam said they went to file an abduction case, but the police did not record it
despite repeated requests.
"The police, however, recorded the case four days after the incident when different media reported on it," headded.
Expressing his concerns and surprise, Tajul said, "Though Rajib and Sabuj came forward to help us, they were arrested and are now in jail without committinganycrime.
"The police have so far done nothing to rescue my son and his friends except arresting two of our well-wishers," alleged the aggrieved father.
Contacted, Sub-inspector Rakibul Islam of Savar Police Station, also the investigation officer of the case, said he arrested Rajib and Sabuj as the suspected abductors.
Rakibul claimed he arrested the duo on the request of the families of the fouryouths.
Asked, the SI said, "We tried to locate the missing youths by detecting their cellphones. But we could not make any headway as their cells remained switched off."
Md Asaduzzaman, officerin-charge of Savar Police Station, said they have yet to reach a conclusion on the whereabouts of the four youths when they wentmissing.