Dhaka, Oct. 16 -- Former Dhaka University Sanskrit professor Dulal Kanti Bhowmik has returned home after going missing from the capital, with his family alleging that he was abducted.

He reached home around 9am on Friday, his wife Kalpana Haldar told bdnews24.com around 3:45pm.

She alleges he was knocked out first, then taken away, and released after he regained consciousness.

According to her, Bhowmik had Tk 2,000 to Tk 3,000 with him, but the alleged abductors did not take the money. They asked him about his wife's occupation and what other members of the family did.

Kalpana said the men also asked her husband for her phone number.

"There were five abductors, including the driver. They were well-dressed," she said.

Bhowmik is now ...