Registration number fake, officials say as Siddique's whereabouts remains unknown
Star Online Report
With
no information found yet on the whereabouts of Abu Bakar Siddique,
husband of Bangladesh Environmental Lawyers Association (Bela) chief
executive Syeda Rizwana Hasan, Narayanganj police today said the
abductors drove towards Dhaka. The blue microbus crossed the toll
plaza of Mayor Hanif Flyover at 2:53pm, Narayanganj police said after
scrutinising the video footage recorded on the toll plaza cam.
The vehicle was carrying the registration No. Chittagong Metro-Ga-17-8327, according to police officials in Narayanganj.
"But BRTA (Bangladesh Road Transport Authority) officials in Chittagong told us that the registration number is fake," Syed Nurul Islam, Narayanganj superintendent of police, told The Daily Star.
A witness of the Wednesday afternoon abduction said the vehicles sped away towards Mayor Hanif Flyover in the capital, Dhaka.
Armed miscreants abducted Siddique in Fatulla area of Narayanganj around 2:30pm yesterday he was coming to Dhaka by his car.
Managing director of Hamid Fashion, a Narayanganj-based garment factory owned by Awami League lawmaker and State Minister for Power Nasrul Hamid Bipu, Siddique recently set up his own garment factory there.
The motive for the abduction remains unclear, but Rizwana said some real estate and ship-breaking companies might have links with it as she filed several cases against them as part of her professional duties.
A gang of six to seven, on a blue microbus, were following Siddique's red saloon since he left Hamid Fashion. The microbus knocked the car from behind when it reached Firoz Filling Station, reports our Narayanganj correspondent.
This
close-circuit camera footage provided by the Mayor Mohammad Hanif
Flyover authorities in the capital shows a blue microbus queuing at the
flyover for toll clearance on Wednesday at 2:53pm.
Abu Bakar Siddique. Photo: Courtesy of family
"But BRTA (Bangladesh Road Transport Authority) officials in Chittagong told us that the registration number is fake," Syed Nurul Islam, Narayanganj superintendent of police, told The Daily Star.
A witness of the Wednesday afternoon abduction said the vehicles sped away towards Mayor Hanif Flyover in the capital, Dhaka.
Armed miscreants abducted Siddique in Fatulla area of Narayanganj around 2:30pm yesterday he was coming to Dhaka by his car.
Managing director of Hamid Fashion, a Narayanganj-based garment factory owned by Awami League lawmaker and State Minister for Power Nasrul Hamid Bipu, Siddique recently set up his own garment factory there.
The motive for the abduction remains unclear, but Rizwana said some real estate and ship-breaking companies might have links with it as she filed several cases against them as part of her professional duties.
A gang of six to seven, on a blue microbus, were following Siddique's red saloon since he left Hamid Fashion. The microbus knocked the car from behind when it reached Firoz Filling Station, reports our Narayanganj correspondent.
