Chitalmari (Bagerhat) Correspondent:

A ninth-grade student named Pritam Mondal, 16, has gone missing in Chitalmari upazila of Bagerhat district after leaving home for private tuition. He went out at around 4:00 pm on Thursday (October 15), and his whereabouts have remained unknown since then. Pritam is the only son of journalist Prince Mondal Alif.

Pritam is a student of Class Nine at Chitalmari Government S.M. Model High School. His father has filed a General Diary (GD No. 832) with Chitalmari Police Station over the incident.

According to family sources, Pritam left home on Thursday afternoon intending to attend private tuition. However, he did not return home afterward. Despite searches among relatives and at various locations, the family has been unable to find him. The worried family has appealed to the public for assistance in locating Pritam.

At the time of his disappearance, Pritam was wearing a white full-sleeved checkered shirt, black trousers and black sandals. He has a black mole on the right side of his face, just below his nose. He was also wearing a tulsi bead necklace.

Anyone who finds Pritam or has information about his whereabouts has been requested to contact his father, Prince Mondal, at 01711977369.

Chitalmari Police Station Officer-in-Charge (OC) J. M. Masum said on Friday (October 16) afternoon that Pritam’s father had filed a General Diary regarding his disappearance. Police efforts to locate the missing student are ongoing.