Bangladesh Police Deny Rescued Hostages Are in Their Custody

NEW DELHI — The police in Bangladesh denied Saturday that they were still holding a British man and a University of Toronto student who have been missing since being rescued after an attack on a restaurant by radical Islamists, saying they questioned and released the men.

Hasnat Karim, the British citizen, and Tahmid Hasib Khan, the student, have not been heard from since the authorities questioned them after the July 1 attack, according to their families, Human Rights Watch and Amnesty International.

Masudur Rahman, a Dhaka police spokesman, said on Saturday that neither man was still being held by the police. He would not confirm reports that they were still in the custody of some other agency.

Five gunmen attacked the Holey Artisan Bakery restaurant on July 1, killing two police officers and 20 people in the restaurant and holding others inside hostage. Security forces stormed the restaurant on July 2, killing the gunmen and rescuing 13 hostages.

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