No headway in rescue of schoolboy

"We have heard that he (Jitu) is now in Chittagong and our forces rushed there," Duty Officer at Kotwali Police Station Sub-inspector Mohonlal said at about 4:30pm today.

He however could not confirm whether the boy was abducted or not. Quoting family members, he said, "None has claimed ransom or the like for Jitu's release."

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Son of a lawyer couple Paritosh Kumar Dutt and Bani Dutt and a student of class nine at Rangamti Government School, Jitu left their Kalindipur residence for a private tutor's Thursday morning. He had Tk 500 with him. Since then he remains untraced.

Family members filed a general diary with the Kotwali Police Station on Friday.

Meanwhile, sources said two telephone calls from unidentified persons at around 4:30 pm yesterday scared the missing boy's family. One caller only asked Jitu's father to rush to a place and he then left the house, Jitu's mother said. "I don't know anything more," she said. Nothing could be known from her about the other call.