Gazi Anowarul Hoque :Over 120 youths, mostly University students, have reportedly been missing for months. Security officials fear that they might have been recruited by militant outfits in the meantime.The law enforcement agencies are trying to track the missing youngsters, allegedly involved in militancy, by sending their photographs and details to all police stations, immigration centres as well as different airports, seaports and river ports in the country.Sources in an Intelligence Agency said they have received a number of complaints from their worried parents, classmates and friends, and these were being used to verify their identities and current locations. After establishing their identities, their photographs and details would be sent to the local police stations and to all the border and immigration points in order to nab them. The law enforcement and intelligence agencies are also keeping in vigil on some private universities and English medium educational institutions, including North South University, where some students have already been identified with militant leanings, the sources said.Inspector General of Police (IGP) AKM Shahidul Haque recently said that the guardians of missing youngsters should give their details to the concerned police stations for saving themselves along with innocent people. Echoing the same message, Director General of Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) Benazir Ahmed recently asked parents to inform law enforcement agencies if any of their children goes missing. He also called upon people to share any information of militant activities in blogs, twitter and other social media websites.Intelligence and law enforcement agencies have already identified at least 10 such missing youngsters, who are allegedly involved in militant activities, and sent their photographs and details to all concern authorities in the country.The 10 youths are: Mohammad Basharuzzaman from Tejgaon in Dhaka, Zunaid Khan from Badda (Passport No: AF7493378), Nazibullah Ansari from Chanpainawabganj, Ashraf Mohammad Islam from Dhaka(Passport No: 525841625), Tamim Ahmed Chowdhury from Sylhet(Passport No: L0633478), Ibrahim Hasan Khan from Dhaka(Passport No: AF7493378), ATM Tajuddin from Lakkhipur(Passport No: F0585568), Ibaidur Rahim from Dhanmondi in Dhaka(Passport No:E1047719), Mohammad Saifullah Ojaki from Sylhet (Passport No:TK8099860) and Junnun Shikder(Passport No: BE0949172). Talking to The New Nation on Sunday, a senior police official requesting not to be named said that they might have joined different militant groups such as Ansarullah Bangla Team (ABT), Hizb-ut-Tahrir, Jamaatul Mujahideen of Bangladesh (JMB) and Harkat-ul-Jihad (Huji).The perpetrators of the recent attacks in city’s Spanish Cafe at Gulshan and the entrance of Sholakia Eidgah in Kishoreganj have been identified as young militants missing without any communication with their families for some time.Home Minister Asaduzzaman Khan Kamal said, “We urge the people to inform the local police stations about unknown and suspicious persons in their respective areas to preclude untoward incidents.” “We also request all parents to monitor their children as well as their activities. The guardians should inform the local police stations if they find any abnormal behaviour in their children,” the Minister said.
