Police rescued a 12-year-boy, who was reportedly abducted five days ago, and arrested four alleged kidnappers from hill in Teknaf upazila of Cox’s Bazar on Wednesday morning.
The boy was identified as Khairul Amin, son of Md Yunus of Moulavibazar area of Naikhangkhali in Teknaf. He is a student of Islamic Azia Faizul Ulm Hifza Khana.
The arrestees are—Battery-run auto-rickshaw driver Md Alam, 27, and his associates Ahmed Hosen, 52, Md Parvez, 20, Aziza Khatun. All are the residents of Nhila Union in Teknaf.
Inspector of Teknaf police station Md Abdul Halim said Khairul rented an auto-rickshaw of Alam for Nhila Bazar to visit his friend Farhad.
But Alam took one of his associates Ahmed on the vehicle. Later, they took Khairul to Rangikhali hills and tied his hands and leg with rope. They called Khairul’s mother over phone and demanded Tk 6 lakh as ransom.
The victim’s family informed this to the law enforcers but the kidnappers could not be caught because they changed their location repeatedly. With the help of locals, police conducted several drives in that area and arrested auto-rickshaw driver Alam on Tuesday night.
According his given information, police in a drive rescued the child but the other kidnappers fled the spot, said the official, adding that they also arrested three people in this connection. He said police continued their drives to nab others involved in this connection.
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