A year since Elias disappeared. How long to wait?

The Dhaka Times Desk 17th April 2012 to 2013, a year has passed. How long will this brutal wait be when Ilyas Ali will return home. He will pick up the little girl Saiara Nawal. Abrar and Labib will be hugged in the chest. Mother Suryaban Banu and wife Tahsina Rushdie's sigh will end. To return or not to return. No one knows whether he is alive or dead. How long to wait?


People leave the world, it is an eternal rule of the great creator. But sometimes there are exceptions to that rule. There are things that happen to people that have no root-edge. Ilyas Ali, who has been missing for a year, is still hopeful about his family. Trusting the Prime Minister's words, his family is hopeful. Trust in God. Jeevan stood in the evening and wanted to see his son Ilyas. The question of the people of Sylhet with political colleagues - will the free Elias Ali run again in the way of 360 Auliar country Sylhet or will the wait be forever! Will not return. The days of a bereaved family will be spent in an uncertain wait. The memory of fellow soldiers will be lost in the change of power. Surma water will carry the disappointment of Sylhet residents.

How the incident started

17th April 2012. It was 11:30 at night. Rupsi was returning from the long-time hangout hotel Bangla to Banani's Sylhet House. A month before the house he had moved into. His car crossed the Amtali crossing in Mohakhali, 200 meters away from his house and took a turn towards Banani. According to the information published so far from various sources, there were two groups back and forth when Ilyas was picked up. Suddenly a car hit his car from behind. The objective is to anger Elias and get him out of the car. But Ilyas Ali did not come out. Ansar, the driver, came out. They were beaten and taken to an unknown place in two cars. His car lies there abandoned. At least two hours after the incident, the police called Elias' family about the abandoned car at 1:30 am. Events are clear, everything went perfectly according to plan. Eyewitnesses told the media at various times that Ilyas Ali was challenged by a police officer on duty nearby when he was picked up. The guards of the nearby building under construction heard the screams. Dub seller saw with his own eyes. Overcoming the embarrassment of the incident, everyone tried to open their mouths to the media the next day. But since then there is no trace of them.

For the first few days, the government ignored the issue of disappearance. Someone told the ministers that Ilyas went into hiding on the advice of Khaleda Zia. Keo said that the people of the party kidnapped him. The Prime Minister himself said that the drama is being arranged to create an issue. Pro-government columnists have written piles of analysis on this. He made a speech on the TV talk show. Four days after she went missing, RAB and police jointly conducted a fruitless operation in Pubail area of Gazipur. Elijah's wife was also taken along in the raid. Apart from this campaign, no other campaign was visible. It is known that raids were also conducted in Gazipur, Narayanganj, Rajbari. There was activity in some tea gardens along the Indian border in Sylhet for quite some time. The garden house of his political colleagues was raided in the name of search. Some people are also shown fear. Awami League General Secretary and LGRD Minister Syed Ashraful Islam said in a rally that 1,200 raids have been conducted. He also commented that 'survival is the goal' and 'will be back soon'. Rescue operations were stopped at one point. The government's handling of the Ilyas incident has always been accused of being completely indifferent. The case is also mysterious. If there is wrongdoing, the government could have taken the initiative of trial after rescue. But there has been more misinformation on the part of the government than rescue efforts. A state minister even commented that Ilyas Ali's wife is a widow. Elias' family met the prime minister to find him. The Prime Minister consoled his wife Tahsina Rushdir. He patted his children on the head. He also assured all assistance in the rescue. As an Eid gift to the Prime Minister, his little daughter Nawal asked her father back. But the countrymen saw nothing of the effect of that consolation.

Elias' old mother is petrified with grief. He wants to see Ilyas Ali once before he dies. Will the great creator listen to the desire of the mother? Elias Ali will come back any day? Such a question is now only in everyone's mind.