Staff Reporter :
Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) in a drive rescued a schoolboy from capital’s Bangshal area early Saturday.
The victim was identified as Imran Hossain, 18, son of Aslam and resident of Bangshal in the city. He was abducted from in front of their residence on the Aga Sadek Road in the capital on July 2. The elite force arrested eight alleged abductors in this connection from different parts of capital and its outskirts Keraniganj, RAB official said.
The arrested men are Hossain Rony, Imran Hossain, 22, Nurul Islam alias Robin, 20, Abdur Rahim alias Sabuj, 21, Jewel Mia, 22, Golam Hossain alias Rakib, 20 Tanjid Sikdar alias Pranta, 20, and Bappi, 20.
“Imran was kidnapped from in front of his house located on the Aga Sadek Road, said Khairul Alam, Operation Officer of RAB-10, in a press briefing at Lalbagh camp on Saturday morning.
The kidnappers demanded Tk three crore from Imran’s father and threatened to kill him in case of non-payment, the RAB official said.
On information, the members of RAB-10 carried out the drive in Keraniganj on Friday and detained one Hossain Rony suspecting his link with the abduction, the elite force official said.
Following confessional statements given by Rony and Robin, the RAB team rescued Imran from the ground floor of an under-construction building at Bangshal, he said.
A case was filed in this connection, he added.
