A fisherman, who was kidnapped on July 13 from Rampura in the capital, was rescued from village Begum Narchi of Ghior in Manikganj on Sunday afternoon. Five kidnappers were also held from the village Begum Narchi.
The police said that the fish trader Abdul Hanna, 32, was kidnapped from Rampura wholesale fish market of the capital. Being informed, they rescued Abdul Hannan from a jute field at the village on Sunday afternoon, the police said.
The arrested abductors were identified as Habib, 26, Motin, 22, Liton, 22, Arobindo, 22 and Badal, 24 of village Bharra under Nagarpur upazila in Tangail.
The Ghior police station officer-in-charge, Azizur Rahman, said that the kidnapers had taken Abdul Hannan to the home of Habib of the village Bharra in Tangail. Confining him into a house, they had demanded ransom Tk 15 lakh from his wife Shima Begum over mobile phone and threatened to kill her husband if their demand was not met, the OC said.
The victim's family had sent Tk 3 lakh to the address of kidnapers by SA Paribahan. But they had demanded rest of the money.
Abdul Hannan was confined to the home of Mohor Ali of the village Begun Narchi of Ghior in Manikganj from the village Bharra in Tangail on July 15. At one stage, Hannan had informed the address to his wife over cell phone.
Being informed by Hannan's family, the Ghior police raided the Begun Narchi areas and started searching. Sensing presence of the police, the kidnapers had fled into a jute field with Abdul Hannan while the police held the four abductors and rescued the fish trader. The police, however, could not arrest Mohor Ali who sheltered the kidnapers.
The police also recovered Tk 2 lakh and 40 thousand, which was given to the kidnapers as ransom.
Source : New Age
