Police recovered an abducted madrasa student after two days on Sunday from Mandrachar Kusria village under Hizla upazila of Barisal district.
A couple was arrested in this connection.
Shawkat Anwar, Hizla police station officer in charge, said the rescued victim Nurunnabi, 11, was student of Baitus Sajud Hafezi Madrasa and orphanage of Keraniganj Dhaka and son of Sobhan Rari from Charlata of Mehendiganj upazila under Barisal district.
Nurrunnabi boarding on MV Shariatpur-3 launch from Dhaka Sadar Ghat started journey to his native village on Thursday evening.
When the launch reached at Dhulkhola station of Hizla on Friday early morning, Sagor Gazi, 25, and Hazera Begum, 26, a co-passenger couple told Nurunnabi that they reached at Mehendiganj launch station and with him disembarked there.
The couple making Nurunnabi hostage at the house of in-laws of Sagor Gazi contacted with the parents of Nurunnabi over mobile phone and demanded Tk 1, 50,000 to free him.
The family members of the victim informed police and police tracking mobile phone call rescued the victim on Sunday noon and arresting the abductor couple lodged a case with Hizla police station, the police officer told.
