Staff Reporter :
North South University (NSU) teacher Mubashar Hasan, who was abducted by some unidentified abductors, was kept in a dark room for around one and a half months.
Mubashar returned in his city’s Banasree residence in the small hours of Friday after remaining ‘missing’ since November 7.
“There was only one window in the room, which was always kept shut,” Mubashar said breaking down in tears early Friday.
“The kidnappers had blindfolded me before forcing me to board a vehicle. Then they dropped me somewhere on the Airport Road saying, “Go straight. If you look back we shall kill you. I called a CNG-run auto-rickshaw and returned home,” said Mubashar, while narrating his return.
While talking to reporters in front of his Banasree residence, the NSU teacher said, “The captors used to argue with each other whether they would kill me or not.”
Coming out of his residence with his father, uncle and sister in the morning, he exclaimed, “Such a bright day after so long!”
“There was a dirty mattress in the room where they locked me. I slept on that,” said Mubashar, an Assistant Professor of Political Science and Sociology at the NSU.
“There was another room. I could overhear them talking. They used to serve me food brought from cheap hotels.”
Mubashar said he heard the kidnappers talking about money often. They also snatched Tk 27,000 he had with him.
“It seemed to me that one of the kidnappers had gone missing. They used to ask me whether any big gun is my friend,” the NSU teacher added.
Responding to queries about what had happened on the day of his abduction, he said, “I called a UBER car to return home after attending a meeting at the UNDP building in Agargaon area of Dhaka. I was working on my mobile phone after getting into the car. Soon, several men intercepted the car and said ‘this is a stolen car, you have to get down.”
“I got down and was about to look for another vehicle. Then someone rubbed ointment on my eyes from behind and I was thrust into a microbus. They gagged something on my mouth and I lost consciousness. When I woke up, I found myself in a dark room.”
Mubashar thanked the media for their role during the time he was ‘missing’.
“It seems that we have got a new life. We are very happy,” said Mubashar’s father Motahar Hossain.
Replying to a query about the reason behind his abduction, the NSU teacher said: “They might have thought that I am a rich person.”
Dhaka Metropolitan Police Deputy Commissioner (Media) Masudur Rahman said that police were investigating the incident.
North South University (NSU) teacher Mubashar Hasan, who was abducted by some unidentified abductors, was kept in a dark room for around one and a half months.
Mubashar returned in his city’s Banasree residence in the small hours of Friday after remaining ‘missing’ since November 7.
“There was only one window in the room, which was always kept shut,” Mubashar said breaking down in tears early Friday.
“The kidnappers had blindfolded me before forcing me to board a vehicle. Then they dropped me somewhere on the Airport Road saying, “Go straight. If you look back we shall kill you. I called a CNG-run auto-rickshaw and returned home,” said Mubashar, while narrating his return.
While talking to reporters in front of his Banasree residence, the NSU teacher said, “The captors used to argue with each other whether they would kill me or not.”
Coming out of his residence with his father, uncle and sister in the morning, he exclaimed, “Such a bright day after so long!”
“There was a dirty mattress in the room where they locked me. I slept on that,” said Mubashar, an Assistant Professor of Political Science and Sociology at the NSU.
“There was another room. I could overhear them talking. They used to serve me food brought from cheap hotels.”
Mubashar said he heard the kidnappers talking about money often. They also snatched Tk 27,000 he had with him.
“It seemed to me that one of the kidnappers had gone missing. They used to ask me whether any big gun is my friend,” the NSU teacher added.
Responding to queries about what had happened on the day of his abduction, he said, “I called a UBER car to return home after attending a meeting at the UNDP building in Agargaon area of Dhaka. I was working on my mobile phone after getting into the car. Soon, several men intercepted the car and said ‘this is a stolen car, you have to get down.”
“I got down and was about to look for another vehicle. Then someone rubbed ointment on my eyes from behind and I was thrust into a microbus. They gagged something on my mouth and I lost consciousness. When I woke up, I found myself in a dark room.”
Mubashar thanked the media for their role during the time he was ‘missing’.
“It seems that we have got a new life. We are very happy,” said Mubashar’s father Motahar Hossain.
Replying to a query about the reason behind his abduction, the NSU teacher said: “They might have thought that I am a rich person.”
Dhaka Metropolitan Police Deputy Commissioner (Media) Masudur Rahman said that police were investigating the incident.
