BANGLADESH

The Indian media says the four Kashmiri medical students who went 'missing' in Sylhet were in fact interrogated by the Indian intelligence, with support from Bangladeshi authorities.

The students were questioned in connection with Washim Ahmed, another Kashmiri student studying in Dhaka, who was arrested by National Intelligence Agency (NIA) with regard to the Delhi High Court blast, said Indian newspaper The Hindu on Sunday.

The paper quoting the Press Trust of India news agency said on its online edition the four hailed from Kishtwar in Kashmir valley, Washim's hometown.

Two interns and two students of private Ragib-Rabeya Medical College hailing from India, who were missing from Thursday, returned to the campus on Sunday.

The college authorities said plainclothes men who identified themselves as member of Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) had taken them away for questioning from their hostels.

RAB and the police have so far denied any involvement.

The private medical college authorities kept the media from speaking to the students. The interns are Tosaddek Rashed and Amir Amin Reshmi and the students are Taosif Ahmed and Danesh Batt.

The Hindu said an NIA team came to Sylhet to question them to get details about Washim. But they were let off after the NIA team found nothing to back their investigation.

When asked about the incident, home minister Shahara Khatun declined to comment, saying the matter is 'sensitive'.

"Investigation into the matter is underway," she told reporters.