Monwar sent to jail on charge of abduction

Film producer Shish Monwar has been sent to jail over the reported abduction of an employee of his firm. Dhaka Metropolitan Magistrate Maruf Hossain has ordered him to jail after rejecting the bail prayer. Monwar had been produced before the court following a 2-day grilling in police custody. Monwar, the Chief Executive Officer of Jaaz Multimedia, was arrested on Saturday in connection with the abduction of the firm’s accountant, Abu Bakar Siddique Sabuj. Sabuj’s wife, ‘Sanjida’, made a general diary with Ramna Police Station after he went missing on his way to office at Moghbazar from Mirpur on April 26. Later, his father Abdur Rahim lodged a case with the Mirpur police, accusing Monwar and several employees of Jaaz Multimedia. Though Monwar was grilled in custody, police could not trace Sabuj in the 10 days since the kidnapping. Mirpur police began the investigation but it was later passed on to the Detective Branch. DB’s Senior ASP Touhidul Islam said they were in the process of gathering information from Sabuj’s colleagues. The victim’s brother, Ali Akbor Milton, said that messages were sent from Sabuj’s cell-phone number (01912352552) to his three friends’ numbers (01790478515, 01911357243 and 01917736412) asking for ransom. Meanwhile, Jaaz Multimedia has protested the arrest of Monwar. In a press conference on Sunday, the firm’s Chief Marketing Officer Montahedul Liton Khandker claimed that Monwar became the victim of a conspiracy, according to bdnews24.com.