Bid to abduct Meherpur schoolboy foiled

Local people foiled a bid to abduct an 11-year-old boy from Dhola village in Gangni upazila of Meherpur district early yesterday.

The victim, Tuhin Hossain, son of Abu Taleb of the village, also a Class III student at a local primary school, was admitted to a local hospital as he got traumatised due to the incident.

Victim's relatives and family members said a gang of 10/12 unidentified armed men stormed the house of Abu Taleb, owner of a rice mill, around 3:30am. 

The gang members confined Abu Taleb and his wife to a room of the house, forcibly picked up his son at gunpoint and tried to flee the spot.

Hearing cries for help, neighbours rushed in and chased the gang.

At one stage, the gang left the boy at a village field and blasted several crude bombs to escape the wrath of the people.

Contacted, Officer-in-Charge Akram Hossain of Gangni Police Station said he heard about the incident but none had lodged any complaint as of filing this report at 7:00pm yesterday.