Dhaka, July 8 -- Borhan Uddin, who went missing before the mob lynching of a mother and her two children in Cumilla's Muradnagar, has still not returned home.

Police, however, said he was in Dhaka.

The young man is the son of Jashim Uddin from Koroibari under Bangra Bazar Police Station. Since Jul 1, he has been unseen in public after being beaten over charges of stealing a mobile phone.

The next day, on Jul 2, his father filed a police complaint, seeking help to find his son.

Bangra Bazar police chief Mahfuzur Rahman said, "We have spoken to Borhan over the phone. He is in Dhaka. His father is currently in Cumilla."

However, no family members were found in Borhan's house during a visit.

His younger sister Amrin Akhter, a resident o...