Rab implicated Pradip as Ulfa man
Claim family members
Family members of detained Pradip Marak, an alleged Bangladeshi aide to detained Ulfa leader Ranjan Chowdhury, yesterday complained that Rab personnel implicated him as an Ulfa man being influenced by one of his former business partners.
At a press conference held at Dhaka Reporters' Unity (DRU), the family members urged the Prime Minister and Home Minister to unearth the truth behind the arrest and they demanded immediate release of Pradip.
Pradip Marak's wife Bipla Chichham, sister Espna Chichham and daughter Prima Chichham spoke at the press conference.
They said Pradip used to run a security firm Bangladesh Indigenous Security at Khilkhet and he was also the chairman of Garo Adibasi Unnyan Samabai Samity in Sherpur.
Pradip Marak's daughter Prima Chichham said her father was kidnapped from the city's Ashkona on April 21 after an anonymous caller asked him to go to a spot at 10:00am.
"Since then my father remained missing and we thought our father is no more alive. Following the incident we also filed a case against Mohammad Zia of Jhinaigati, the former business partner of my father, with Airport Police Station", Prima said.
"But around three months after the missing on July 17 we came to know that our father is under the custody of Rab (Rapid Action Battalion) on charges of his involvement in Ulfa activities", Prima said.
She claimed that Rab men arrested her father to serve Zia's purpose.
Talking to The Daily Star, Commander Mohammad Sohail, director of Rab legal and media wing, denied the allegation of Pradip Marak's family and said, :"The allegation is totally baseless and we arrested Pradip on specific information of his involvement in Ulafa activities.
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