Ain o Salish Kendra director Noor Khan was address a press conference at Dhaka Reporters Unity in the capital on December 31, 2013. Photo: Star

Md Nur Khan, a director of rights body Ain o Salish Kendra (ASK), narrowly escaped an abduction attempt while emerging from his Lalmatia office in the capital this afternoon.

The latest development has created more panic among the people already reeling from a wave of abductions.

Talking to The Daily Star, he said some six to seven youths aged between 28 and 30 began following him as soon as he got out of his office around 5:10pm.

Nur Khan added that the youths in a white microbus prevented his rickshaw just yards away of his office. He said he somehow managed to return to his office as the youths were getting out of the vehicle to drag him into it.

"A group had been following me since the last month," Noor said, adding some people even went to his office to get information about his movements. 

The rights activist said he filed a general diary with Mohammadpur Police Station on April 20 in this regard.

A sense of insecurity has been prevailing in the country since the abduction and killing of seven people including Narayanganj city panel mayor Nazrul Islam and senior lawyer Chandan Sarker late last month.