Members of Counter Terrorism and Transnational Crime (CTTC) unit of Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) on Wednesday arrested the banned militant outfit Ansar Al Islam’s member Dr Jakir Hossain from the capital’s Jatrabari area, eight days after he went missing from work at the Bhanga upazila health complex in Faridpur.
Dr Jakir Hossain is son of Md Shamsul Alam of Bangram Residential Area in Manikganj district town.
He was produced before a Faridpur court with a remand prayer while it granted a two day remand for interrogation, Ahmedul Islam, additional deputy commissioner of the CTTC, said.
Dr Jakir joined the government’s health department as an assistant surgeon at Tujarpur Health Center under the upazila on December 11, 2019, through the 38th BCS, he said.
However, the Tujarpur facility only existed in theory, so he remained attached throughout to the Bhanga UHC.
Dr Jakir went missing from his workplace on the afternoon of November 8, after finishing his duty.
He sent an SMS to the Upazila Health and Family Planning officer and his colleagues saying that he was going to Dhaka because of the illness of his mother-in-law. Later his mobile phone was found switched off.
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On early November 9, he also sent another SMS to his wife Koly, saying that his mobile phone would die anytime due to low battery.
Dr Mohsin Uddin Fakir, officer of Bhanga Upazila Health and Family Planning, said they came to know about the arrest of Dr Jakir after talking to the concerned police station.
“He was a member of the banned militant outfit,” he added.
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