Staff Reporter :
Kidnappers blindfolded him and took him to an unknown place in a microbus, said journalist Utpal Das, who went missing over two months ago and left by ‘kidnappers’ in Narayanganj early Wednesday.
‘I was taken to a place where I had to stay in a tin-roofed house. I was not tortured there, they provided me food regularly, but some masked men used to demand money,’ he told local journalists after returning home in Narsingdi with Bhulta thana police of Narayanganj.
‘I couldn’t see their faces as they used to come to me wearing masks,’ reports media.
Journalist Utpal Das added that unidentified kidnappers, claimed that the abductors inspired to kidnap him after a mobile phone conversation in front of Star Kebab in the city’s Dhanmondi.
The abductors also pressed him for giving the information of sources of huge amount of deposited money in bank and other financial institutions, he said.
But he could not say who the kidnappers were or where they had detained him.
Utpal said, “They grabbed me from behind, put me in a car and blindfolded me so that I couldn’t see their faces. I was kept in a tin-roofed house. The abductors slipped food under the door three times a day. There was no bed so I slept on the floor. There was an attached bathroom. They beat him at first, he said.”
“You have a lot of money, so give us the money, they said. They seized my phone. I was blindfolded and put on a car. They drove around for several hours before dropping him at the filling station,” he said.
They untied my blindfold and told me to only open my eyes when the car left, the journalist claimed.
Utpal was given his phone back before the abductors left. He made a call from the phone and was picked up by police about an hour later, he added.
Utpal’s parents and some relatives arrived at Bhulta Police Outpost around 2:30am.
“I am alright,” Utpal said, embracing his mother. “Nothing happened to me.” Utpal’s sister Binita Rani told the media that they called Utpal’s phone after hearing he had been found. Utpal then told them he was in Bhulta.
A general diary was filed by the family on Oct 23, she said. At the time a man had called from Utpal’s phone asking for Tk 100,000. He called again the next day demanding more money.
Kidnappers blindfolded him and took him to an unknown place in a microbus, said journalist Utpal Das, who went missing over two months ago and left by ‘kidnappers’ in Narayanganj early Wednesday.
‘I was taken to a place where I had to stay in a tin-roofed house. I was not tortured there, they provided me food regularly, but some masked men used to demand money,’ he told local journalists after returning home in Narsingdi with Bhulta thana police of Narayanganj.
‘I couldn’t see their faces as they used to come to me wearing masks,’ reports media.
Journalist Utpal Das added that unidentified kidnappers, claimed that the abductors inspired to kidnap him after a mobile phone conversation in front of Star Kebab in the city’s Dhanmondi.
The abductors also pressed him for giving the information of sources of huge amount of deposited money in bank and other financial institutions, he said.
But he could not say who the kidnappers were or where they had detained him.
Utpal said, “They grabbed me from behind, put me in a car and blindfolded me so that I couldn’t see their faces. I was kept in a tin-roofed house. The abductors slipped food under the door three times a day. There was no bed so I slept on the floor. There was an attached bathroom. They beat him at first, he said.”
“You have a lot of money, so give us the money, they said. They seized my phone. I was blindfolded and put on a car. They drove around for several hours before dropping him at the filling station,” he said.
They untied my blindfold and told me to only open my eyes when the car left, the journalist claimed.
Utpal was given his phone back before the abductors left. He made a call from the phone and was picked up by police about an hour later, he added.
Utpal’s parents and some relatives arrived at Bhulta Police Outpost around 2:30am.
“I am alright,” Utpal said, embracing his mother. “Nothing happened to me.” Utpal’s sister Binita Rani told the media that they called Utpal’s phone after hearing he had been found. Utpal then told them he was in Bhulta.
A general diary was filed by the family on Oct 23, she said. At the time a man had called from Utpal’s phone asking for Tk 100,000. He called again the next day demanding more money.
