BANGLADESH

A Political Science lecturer of the Dhaka University has allegedly been abducted.

Proctor Amzad Ali told bdnews24.com: "A student told us about the abduction of Nur Uddin Alo around Monday midnight. The police have been informed and the steps have been taken on the part of the university"

The reportedly abducted lecturer has no fixed residence. He is said to be running a school at Tongi. "No one was found there," the proctor added.

A general diary was filed with Shahbagh police on Tuesday evening over the incident.

Officer in charge Shirajul Islam told bdnews24.com, a Political Science Department student of DU, Enamul Haque, filed the GD.

Haque claimed in the diary that his teacher sent a text message over mobile phone saying he had been kidnapped.

Islam continued that Alo was at Tongi when the SMS was sent. However, police could not find him there.

With the assistance of Rapid Action Battalion, police traced the mobile at Noakhali last, the official said.

"Nur Uddin Alo and his wife have filed a number of cases against each other earlier and police are looking into the matter," he added.