Abducted youth rescued, 2 held

Members of Rapid Action Battalion (Rab-13) rescued a youth from Gobindaganj upazila of the district on Wednesday night, a day after his abduction from Bogra town.

The elite force members also arrested two abductors, Masud Rana Manik, 26, and Majnu Mia, 23, of Chawk Rahimapur village in the upazila.

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Rab sources said a gang picked up Rakib Uddin, 30, a resident of Akkelpur upazila of Joypurhat district, from Satmatha area in Bogra town around 5:00pm on Tuesday.

Later, the kidnappers phoned the family members over the victim's mobile and asked them to send Tk 3 lakh though a bKash number for his release.

After receiving the amount on Tuesday night, the gang again phoned the family on Wednesday morning and demanded Tk 3 lakh more for release of Rakib.

Finding no alternative, victim's nephew GM Hakim Uddin filed a General Diary with Akkelpur Police Station and also informed Rab-13 of the matter.

At around 8:00pm on Wednesday, a team of Rab-13 conducted a drive at Daridaha village in Gobindaganj upazila by tracking the victim's phone number.

They rescued Rakib and arrested Manik and Manju from the village.