Grandfather says abduction

Police rescued a schoolgirl, allegedly abducted from Dimla upazila of Nilphamari, from Savar upazila in Dhaka on Friday, 23 days into her abduction.

The law enforcers also arrested Jahangir Alam, 22, and his father Abdul Mazid, 55, for their alleged involvement in the abduction.

Police said Jahangir and his associates picked up the girl, a Class IX student of Dimla Chapani Girls' High School, while she was returning home from the school on October 19.

Failing to know her whereabouts, victim's grandfather lodged a case with Nilphamari Women and Children Repression Prevention Tribunal the following day.  

Officer-in-Charge Moazzem Hossain of Dimla Police Station said police rescued the girl from a house at Nabinagar village. They also detained Jahangir and Mazid from there.

Sub-inspector Shahabuddin Ahmed, also the investigation officer of the case, said the victim, however, claimed that none had abducted her and she left her house willingly and married Jahangir the same day.

Police produced the arrestees and the victim before the court yesterday that sent Jahangir and Mazid to jail and handed the victim under her grandfather's custody.