He left for KL, did not return

The historic March 7 speech of Bangabandhu started playing on the other end when this correspondent called Siraj Uddin, father of Abul Bashar who is missing for over seven months.

Siraj, headmaster of Lalpur High School in Tanore of Rajshahi, eventually picked up after several calls were made.

“I am too disturbed. Please, don't ask me about my son. I have said everything to the police … ask them,” he told this correspondent before hanging up.

The father and son relationship was not smooth and the reason is not clear, said Abdus Salam, OC of Tanore Police Station.

A general diary was filed with Kalabagan Police Station regarding Bashar, also known as Mohammad Basharuzzaman, going missing. He used to live there before he went missing.

Seven months ago, the 35-year-old left his in-law's house in Dhaka saying he was going to Malaysia for his office work for two months, said the OC.

He is one of the 10 people whose names came up in the media as missing ones in the wake of the Gulshan cafe attack. He is also on the Rab's list of 262 missing persons.

Bashar was in Tanore during his childhood and after finishing his primary education there, he went to Rajshahi city, according to the police.

Finishing college there a decade ago, he got into North South University and graduated from there, said police, quoting his parents.

The Daily Star could not independently verify the claim.

He was also working for a company.

Bashar hardly visited Rajshahi since he moved to the capital, said Abul Kashem, chairman of Talondo union parishad and a maternal uncle of Bashar.

He got married two years ago. He used to stay at his in-law's place. He visited Rajshahi once after his marriage, said Kashem quoting Bashar's mother.

“I don't know much about them,” he said.

“I learnt that he went missing after he left home for Malaysia. I do not know whether he ever went to Malaysia,” he said.