Abducted NGO officer rescued

Jhenidah Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) rescued an abducted officer of a non-governmental organisation (NGO) from Courtpara of the town on Saturday.

The abductee is Anisur Rahman, 36, son of Nur Mohammad of Shibanandapur under Moheshpur upazila of Jhenidah. He is branch manager of ASHA, an NGO in Shailakupa upazila.

Company Commander of Jhenidah Rab Major Monir Ahmed said in a press conference on Saturday that a girl named Marya Merry Mohana had an affair with Anisur. She told Anisur to meet her at Chuadanga bus stand of the town on Friday morning.

As soon as Anisur reached the bus stand she, along with three accomplices on two motorbikes, abducted him. They later demanded a ransom of Tk 3 lakh from his family members over mobile phone. His family members informed Rab.

Rab launched a drive in Courtpara area and rescued Anisur early Saturday, and arrested Marya and her husband Humayun Kabir Ripon of the same locality. 

Major Monir said Ripon and his wife Marya had been realising ransom from people for long by trapping them in so-called love affairs.