ABUL HAIDER
Abul Haider was the Secretary of Bangladesh Nationalist Party-BNP, Ward 21, Barishal city.
On December 23, 2010, Abul Haider went to Dhaka from Barisal with his assistant Kabir Hossain. When they arrived at Jakaria Hotel in Mohakhali, he sent Hossain upstairs to check the hotel room. By the time Hossain returned, Haider had disappeared. When Hossain returned to the hotel lobby and asked where Haider was, the hotel staff said that he had been picked up by a group of men who identified themselves as Rapid Action Battalion -RAB officers.
When Hossain told Haider’s wife, Rumana Haider, what had happened, Haider’s family went to different law enforcement agencies, including RAB, pleading for information.2 However, Rumana Haider said that every law enforcement agency denied any knowledge of Haider’s disappearance. Rumana Haider said that she could not afford to file a criminal case.
Abul Haider is still missing…