Abducted schoolgirl rescued in Nilphamari, one held

Police rescued a schoolgirl from Domar upazila town in the district on Wednesday, three months after her abduction.

They also arrested one Selim Islam, 25, of Moujapanga village in the upazila, for his alleged involvement in the abduction.

On March 3, Selim abducted the eighth grader of Dimla upazila when she was going to her school in the area, said police. They quoted victim's family as saying that Selim often teased the girl, 14, on her way to and from the school.

The victim's family filed a case with Dimla Police Station against Selim and two others in connection with the abduction.

On Wednesday evening, the law enforcers arrested Selim from Domar upazila bus stand and interrogated him.

Following his confessional statement, police rescued the girl from a rented house in Domar upazila town at night.

The arrestee was produced in a court that sent him to jail yesterday, said Sahabuddin Ahmed, investigation officer of the case.

Away in Munshiganj, students of Abdullahpur High School yesterday formed a human chain in Tongibari upazila, demanding steps to rescue an abducted girl student of the institution and arrest of the culprits.

Several hundred students of the school joined the programme beside Nimtali-Muktarpur link road from 10:00am and blocked the road for about half an hour.

On June 2, one Sohel Mridha, 46, and his accomplice Swapan, 38, picked up the 14-year-old girl from the upazila headquarters.