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They tried to take me across the border: Farhad Mazhar

Farhad Mazhar

MNA Exclusive Desk: Poet and writer Farhad Mazhar has claimed that he was forced during interrogation to say that he had gone out on a leisure trip. Speaking at a press conference at his Shyamoli residence, he said certain plainclothesmen had tried to take him from RAB and his abductors had tried to take him across the Khulna-Jessore border to the other side. Mazhar convened the press conference two days after a court granted police to file a counter case against Mazhar and his wife Farida Akhtar for lodging a “false abduction” case. Claiming to have been kidnapped while he ...

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Mazhar’s statement doesn’t match facts: DMP

Farhad Mazhar

MNA National Desk: Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) Commissioner Asaduzzaman Mia on Wednesday claimed that poet and columnist Farhad Mazhar’s statement over his abduction does not match the facts. “We’ve found that the video and CCTV footages, call lists and other evidence that we’ve collected during investigation don’t support his statement (Farhad’s) given before a court under section 164 of the Penal Code,” he said. Speaking at a programme at the DMP headquarters in the capital, the police officer said everything in this regard will be known soon, after the investigation. Asaduzzaman also said the mystery over the Farhad wbduction would ...

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Farhad Mazhar was blindfolded and picked up in microbus: Police

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MNA National Desk: Columnist and political analyst Farhad Mazhar was blindfolded and picked up in a microbus, according to the police. His phone was also used to call his wife. Over the phone Farhad Mazhar had said that the people who had picked him up were demanding ransom of 35 lakh taka. This information was presented by joint commissioner of police Abdul Baten at a briefing held this Tuesday afternoon at the Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) media centre. Abdul Baten said that during the interrogation, Farhad Mazhar had said he had been blindfolded and taken away in a microbus. He ...

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Columnist Farhad Mazhar missing

Farhad Mazhar

MNA National Desk: Family members of writer and columnist Farhad Mazhar told police that they could not trace him after he went out of home at Shyamali in the Monday morning. Police said that they were tracking the mobile phone used by Farhad and it was found at different locations in south-western region of the country. Police visited Farhad’s home at Shyamali and inspecting CCTV camera of the building found that he was leaving at around 5:05am in a ‘casual mood’. Police also said that Mazhar called his wife on her mobile phone and asked her to manage Tk 3.5 ...

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