Dhaka, April 10 -- None of the family of abducted MV Abdullah Captain Md Atik Ullah Khan have bought new clothes to celebrate the Eid-ul-Fitr. The family of the sailor, who was taken hostage by Somali pirates when his vessel was hijacked, aren't even spending the holiday together.

Atik's pregnant wife Firoza Ajmin Mina has taken their three daughters to her father's home in Hathazari. Atik's mother Shahanur Begum and his younger brother Abdul Nur Khan Asif have gone to the home of her brother-in-law in Chandanaish's Barkal.

If the 'MV Abdullah' had not been captured, Atik and the rest of the crew would still have been away on work during Eid-ul-Fitr. But that is little consolation to the families, who can take little joy in the festivit...