If you shout too much about Zahir, you too will go missing

In independent Bangladesh, Zahir Raihan went missing on 30 January 1972. At different times, various statements and information have emerged regarding who was responsible for his disappearance and what the reasons behind it were. Notably, some newspapers of that time published significant reports on this matter. One such piece of information is found in a report published in the daily Ajker Kagoj (8 December 1993). Many of Zahir Raihan's family members were present at their home when Zahir Raihan went out.

Among them, Shahriar Kabir was right in front of him when these things happened. He returned, but Zahir Raihan did not. This caused a lot of family trouble and harassment. Regarding the disappearance of Zahir Raihan, his wife, film actress Suchanda, said, "While Zahir was alive, standing at the Press Club in his last speech, he said, 'I have documents of the deeds of those who now talk big and consider themselves big leaders, of who did what in Kolkata. I will expose their masks.'

As soon as he uttered these words publicly, danger befell him. This very statement proved fatal for him." When Zahir Raihan's sister Nasima Kabir ran day and night like a madwoman to big leaders in search of the missing Zahir Raihan, considerable writings began in newspapers in 1972. That Rafiq, upon whose phone call Zahir Raihan left the house, was suddenly sent to America with his family one day.

Zahir Raihan's elder sister Nasima Kabir was called in and Sheikh Mujibur Rahman directly told her, "If you shout too much about Zahir, you too will go missing." - Daily Ajker Kagoj (8 December 1993)