Journalist remains missing for 2 days

A journalist remains missing for two days after he left his duty station at Dhaka Medical College Hospital (DMCH) on Sunday, said his family and colleagues.

Awrangjeb Sajib, 48, a DMCH correspondent of several print and electronic media, was seen in the hospital area till 8:30am on Sunday, said his colleagues.

Around 10:30am, a passenger from a Chandpur-bound launch phoned another DMCH correspondent using Sajib's mobile phone and informed that Sajib had jumped into the river from the launch near Moktarpur Bridge in Munshiganj leaving his money, ID cards, and two mobile phones, Sajib's cousin Nizamul Amin told The Daily Star quoting his colleague. The launch staff later handed over his belongings to the Navy police outpost at Chandpur.

Three divers from fire service station could not trace him in the river till filling of this report last night.

Abu Bakar Siddique, officer-in-charge of Shahbagh Police Station, said they started investigation into the incident tracking Sajib's cell phone records.

A general diary was filed yesterday.