Manna’s family files general diary

Nagorik Oikya Convener Mahmudur Rahman Manna’s family this afternoon filed a general diary with Banani Police Station hours after detectives denied picking him up.

Begum Sultana, a sister-in-law of Manna, stated in the GD that though a group of plainclothes men, identifying themselves as detectives, picked up Manna from a Banani residence, the Detective Branch of Police denied it. Manna is missing and his mobile phone is switched off since then, Sub-Inspector Farida Pervin of Banani police station quoted from the GD. 

“A number of people in several vehicles picked up a prominent figure like Manna from a Banani house but police do not know anything about it. It’s hard to believe,” Mobaidur Rahman, brother of Manna, told reporters at the police station after the GD was filed around 1:45pm.

Bhuiyan Mahbub Hasan, officer-in-charge of Banani Police Station, said, “We have received the GD and have already started investigation.”

Earlier today, Monirul Islam, joint commissioner of Detective Branch of Dhaka Metropolitan Police, said they have no information about the detention.