Former Bangladesh Air Force Flight Lieutenant Tahsif Sauri left home on the evening of 27 October after receiving a call from a junior and never returned, his father KM Enayetul Karim said.
Tahsif’s body was recovered from the Turag River in Dhaka’s Uttarkhan area on Wednesday.
Speaking to the media on Thursday, his father recounted the events leading up to his son’s disappearance and the family’s subsequent search for him.
Enayetul Karim said Tahsif had spent the day on 27 October shopping with his mother for family members.
He left home in the evening after receiving a call from Deep, whom his father described as a junior.
At 1:35am, Tahsif sent a text message to his mother saying, “Amma, I am coming.” His family could not reach him or establish his whereabouts after that, his father said.
The family received information about the recovery of Tahsif’s body from police early Wednesday morning, at around 5:15am, Enayetul Karim said.
He added that his son had never visited Rajabari Ghat before.
“We could not locate him after that. I went to Turag Police Station yesterday afternoon, and they told me there was no such bad news,” he said.
Later, around 5:15pm on Wednesday, he received a call from Uttarkhan Police Station informing him that his son’s body had been recovered, he added.
Junior recounts last meeting
Deep said he and Tahsif first visited a motorcycle workshop on the day in question before heading to Ruap Complex, where they had dinner together at a restaurant.
After dinner, they went their separate ways, he said, adding that he left to attend to personal work while Tahsif returned home.
He said he had met Tahsif on previous occasions and that they had visited several restaurants together.
Although he could not specify exactly how long they were together that night, he said they remained together until around 11:30pm.
When asked to come to Tahsif’s residence to discuss the events following their meeting, the junior said he was at home with his family and could not speak outside without his parents’ permission.
Dismissed from Air Force on disciplinary grounds
Enayetul Karim said the Bangladesh Air Force had informed the family that Tahsif was dismissed from service on disciplinary grounds. Several other personnel were also dismissed at the time, he added.
After leaving the Air Force, Tahsif worked at various private organisations, including the Bangladesh Cricket Board.
The circumstances surrounding his death were not detailed in the information provided by the family.
