Ayesha, who was ‘missing’, returns alive after 7 years!

❐ District Correspondent

A young woman named Ayesha Khatun (24) who went missing in Chapainawabganj has been rescued alive by the police. Ayesha, who had been missing for 7 years after a kidnapping and murder case, was rescued by the police from the Bholahat Dhaka bus stand in Bholahat upazila of the district at around 8:15 pm on Sunday. Sub-Inspector Kamal Hossain, the investigating officer of the case, said that Ayesha Khatun, daughter of Abul Hossain of Khal Alampur village in Bholahat upazila, went missing from her home on May 31, 2019. After Ayesha was kidnapped and murdered, her mother Adari Begum filed a kidnapping and murder case with the Chapainawabganj court as the plaintiff, claiming that her body was missing. Although the final report of the case was submitted, the matter was under investigation at the Bholahat police station. At one stage of a long investigation, the police rescued Ayesha Khatun by conducting a drive last Sunday night. However, the police said that she was behaving ‘mentally unbalanced’. Sub-Inspector Kamal Hossain also said that when Ayesha Khatun was presented before the Chief Judicial Magistrate’s court on Monday, the court ordered her to be given into the custody of her family after recording her statement. Meanwhile, the authorities said that a police investigation will continue to determine whether there was a ‘disappearance’ drama behind Ayesha’s disappearance or whether the family was ‘hiding’ with the knowledge of the accused to frame their opponents.