Writer and columnist Farhad Mazhar called in to Detective Branch office for what police officials say anomaly in his confession given before court. Mazhar spends about three hours inside the office before leaving its premises without talking to reporters.

A former female employee of Farhad Mazhar's NGO in a judicial statement yesterday said the writer contacted her several times on July 3, the day he reportedly went missing from outside his Adabar residence in the capital, court and police sources said

A case that was filed in connection with the alleged abduction of columnist and writer Farhad Mazhar was handed over to Detective Branch of police last night.

Writer, columnist and poet Farhad Mazhar was found on a bus in Jessore last night, 18 hours after he reportedly went missing from outside his home in the capital's Adabor.