BNP on Tuesday alleged that plainclothes police tried to forcefully enter missing BNP leader Ilias Ali's Banani residence at the dead of night on Monday, scaring the family members, reports UNB. Speaking at a press briefing at BNP's Nayapaltan central office, BNP senior joint secretary general Ruhul Kabir Rizvi alleged that the law enforcers have kept harassing BNP leaders and activists, even in the holy month of Ramadan, just to spread panic among them. “DB police went to our missing leader Ilias Ali's residence, Sylhet House, in Banani right before Sehri and asked his ailing wife, Tahsina Rushdir Luna, to open the door,” Rizvi said. He said Luna got panicked at this and phoned BNP leaders urging them to protect her.

As reporters started gathering in front of the house, the BNP leader said, the DB personnel left the spot. “I strongly condemn the cowardice and terror role of the plainclothes police.”

Ilias Ali went missing along with his driver, Ansar Ali, on the midnight of 17 April, 2012. Since then, BNP has been blaming the security agencies for his mysterious disappearance, an allegation denied by the government.