Dhaka, Feb. 3 -- Expelled BNP leader Abu Asif Ahmed, who was reportedly missing for six days, returned home today.

Earlier today, police claimed that Asif, who was an independent candidate in Brahmanbaria-2 by-polls, was staying in his Bashundhara residence in Dhaka.

"When the election came around, I felt too much pressure. Now that it's over, I have come back home. No one intimidated me. I left on my own," Asif said while talking to reporters at his residence on Thursday (2 January).

Asif did not, however, specify what exactly drove him to disappear from the public eye or the kind of pressure he had felt.

His wife Meherun Nisa Meherin said Asif had been feeling quite agitated for a few days before he disappeared.

"He is a bit unwell...