Jamal Uddin, then vice-president of Chattogram South District BNP, disappeared on July 24, 2003 while returning home from his business establishment in Chakbazar. His family paid Tk 2.5 million in ransom after negotiations with abductors, but he was not released. On August 24, 2005, RAB recovered a skeleton from a hilly area of Kanchannagar Union in Fatikchhari, later confirmed through a DNA report from Singapore as Uddin’s remains.

Police and CID investigations resulted in a chargesheet against 16 people, and trial proceedings against 14 accused began after charges were framed in February 2018. Court sources said only three of 84 witnesses have testified, with hearings repeatedly delayed because witnesses did not appear. Ten accused are on bail, one is in jail and three remain absconding. Uddin’s family is considering seeking further investigation. The allegations against the accused have not been finally proven in court.