Actress Meghla Mukta finds her missing father

After an anxious search that lasted overnight, actress Meghla Mukta has found her missing father, Mizanur Rahman Dulal, at a clinic in Uttara.

The family located him on Tuesday afternoon after a member of the clinic staff recognised him from photographs and a missing-person appeal the actress had shared on Facebook.

Meghla confirmed the news around 2:00pm, saying her father was being transferred from the clinic to a private hospital in Dhaka for treatment.

She remains concerned about his condition, as he is currently unable to speak. “He is not saying anything. He needs medical attention now, so I am not thinking about anything other than his treatment at the moment,” the actress said.

Recalling how the family received the news, Meghla said someone at the clinic had seen her Facebook post and contacted her after recognising her father in photographs.

The staff member asked the family to visit and confirm his identity. They rushed to the clinic and found him there. The actress said the clinic staff had initially told them that someone had brought her father to the facility and left him there.

When they found him, something resembling foam was coming out of his mouth. The family has yet to learn exactly what happened before he reached the clinic.

“We have found my father, but we do not know anything beyond that yet. We will be able to understand the full incident once he starts speaking,” she said. Mizanur Rahman Dulal works
as a first-class contractor for Dhaka WASA and has been involved in the profession for many years.

Several major projects have been completed under his supervision. For more than two months, he had been overseeing construction work at the family’s house in Uttarkhan. He travelled there daily from their home in Bashundhara Residential Area to supervise the project.

On Monday, he left the construction site for home at around 8:00pm. His last conversation with Meghla took place at 8:50pm. His phone was switched off afterwards, and he did not return home. The family began searching for him as the night progressed.

They checked several places along the route between Uttarkhan and Bashundhara and contacted hospitals, but initially found no trace of him.

They eventually filed a general diary (GD) at Uttarkhan Police Station. At around 9:00am on Tuesday, family members took the GD to the office of the Special Response Battalion (SRB) in Uttara, where officials were trying to trace his location through his mobile phone number. The clinic’s call came while the search was under way.