Rizwana Hasan's husband found in Kalabagan

Award-winning environmental lawyer Syeda Rizwana Hasan’s husband has been found in Dhaka some 35 hours after his abduction in Narayanganj.

DMP spokesperson Maruf Hasan told bdnews24.com Abu Bakar Siddique was found at Kalabagan around 1:30am on Friday.

“A rider identified himself as AB Siddique while police were running a security check on an autorickshaw at Kalabagan.

“His family members confirmed his identity after he was taken to the police station,” added Hasan, deputy commissioner of Ramna division.

BELA lawyer Iqbal Kabir said Siddique had been brought to Mirpur in a car before his blindfold was taken off.

“Later, he started for their Central Road home in an autorickshaw. He ran into a police checkpost on the way.”

Rizwana Hasan rushed to the police station on hearing the news.

Later, flanked by wife and others, Siddiqui told reporters at Dhamondi Police Station that he was not tortured after he had taken hits and punches during his abduction on Wednesday.

AB Siddique speaks to reporters at Dhamondi Police Station early Friday after his release by the abductors. Photo: bdnews24.com

AB Siddique speaks to reporters at Dhamondi Police Station early Friday after his release by the abductors. Photo: bdnews24.com

Executive director of ‘Hamid Fashions Ltd’, Siddque was returning to Dhaka from the factory in Fatulla in his car around noon when he was taken away by armed assailants from Narayanganj’s Bhuigarh road on Wednesday.

Wife Hasan lodged a case that evening and claimed people she annoyed with her activism abducted her husband.

Hasan, a winner of the prestigious Ramon Magsaysay Award in 2012, who is vocal against environmental damages and has been fighting several legal battles to preserve the environment in Bangladesh.