FIROZ KHAN

Firoz Khan was a joint convenor of Jatiyatabadi Chhatra Dal-JCD, Barishal. 

Firoz and Miraz Khan’s mother, Firoza Begum said that Miraz’s friends, who were with him at the time, told her that on April 3, 2012, Miraz and two friends were leaving dinner in Mirpur, Dhaka, when, as soon as they stepped outside of the restaurant, a microbus drove up and a group of men grabbed Miraz and his friends. Miraz’s friends told Firoza that the men in the microbus said that they were from law enforcement.

According to Firoza, the men eventually let Miraz’s friends go, but drove away with Miraz. Firoza said the friends called her to tell her what had happened and her family quickly traveled to Dhaka and went to various law enforcement agencies inquiring about Miraz’s whereabouts. She said she also went to the restaurant and one of the employees confirmed that a group of men had pulled up in a microbus and grabbed the three youths from the front of the restaurant. Firoza said that a traffic police officer who was there at the time also confirmed the same thing. The family then filed a general diary (GD) with the Mirpur Police Station.

Firoz Khan’s wife, Brishty Khan, said that the family was afraid after Miraz’s disappearance and so they moved to Chittagong.

However, on August 24, 2012, she said that a relative who was with him at the time told her that when they were leaving the mosque in Wapda colony in Chittagong after the evening prayers, a group of men in plainclothes drove up in a microbus and picked up Firoz. She said the relative later told her that the microbus had a sticker with “DB” (Detective Branch) written on it. Khan said she went to Halishahar Police Station, Rapid Action Battalion (RAB), and DB offices. She said that when she went to the Halishahar Police Station, an officer told her that he had actually seen the incident and that whoever was in charge of the operation appeared to be law enforcement agencies but acknowledged that Firoz was never shown arrested. Khan filed a complaint with the RAB-7 unit at Patenga and the next day filed a general diary (GD) with Dobolmuring Police Station.

Firoza told the media that she believes that law enforcement killed her sons.

Firoz and Miraz Khan are still missing.