The wife of arrestee Jaane Alam Apu has accused BNP leader Ishraque Hossain of abducting her husband and forcing him to record a confession video at his Gopibagh residence through torture. Kazi Anisha, Apu’s wife, made the allegations at a press conference outside the National Museum in Dhaka’s Shahbagh on Thursday afternoon. Amid the debate, Anisha claimed her husband was abducted around 11:30pm on Jul 31, before his arrest, by men on two motorcycles. She alleged they took him to Ishraque’s home in Gopibagh, where he was beaten, and the video was recorded. The next day, on Aug 1, Apu was picked up by detectives from the alley outside Ishraque’s house on charges related to the Gulshan extortion case, she said.

Source: bd News24 August 14, 2025 18:29 UTC