8 of 3 Rangpur Hindu families missing

Eight members of three Hindu families in Rangpur have been missing for10 days.

They are Shankar Madak, 45, his younger brother Pori Madak, 38, sons of late Sahdar Madak of Fotehpur village under Rangpur Sadar upazila;  Joleshwari, 38, wife of Shankar Madak, and her two sons Dipto, 15 and Dipu; 12, Sarswasti Madak, 28, wife of Pori Madak, and their 3-year-old son Apu Madak, and Sajal Chandra Barman, son of Dhiren Chandra Barman of the village.

Seven members of the two families went missing on July 27, locals said, while a 14-year-old boy went missing on July 26.

During a visit, reporters found 70-year-old Jamuna Rani, mother of Shankar and Pori, at the home of the missing families. They left all their belongings, Jamuna Rani said, but she could not say when her sons with their families left home.

She said they could not have gone to India as they did not have any relatives there.

Criminals might have abducted her sons and their family members, she said.

On the day before (July 26), Sajal Chandra Barman, 14, son of Dhiren Chandra Barman of the village, also went missing and has remained untraced. His father filed a General Diary (GD) with Rangpur Sadar Police Station the same day.

Sajal's parents said their son was abducted. 

Azizul Islam, Inspector (Investigation) of Rangpur Sadar Police Station, said a GD was filed over Sajal's missing, but no complaint was filed regarding the seven members of the two families. Police are investigating both the incidents.