‘Abducted’ from Chattogram, college girl rescued in Dhaka, one arrested

Police rescued a college girl, who was "abducted" from Chattogram city's Akbar Shah area, from a residential hotel in Dhaka's Darussalam this morning.

The alleged kidnapper, Saidul Islam Sohel (26), hailing from Dhaka who is a gas cylinder mechanic by profession, was arrested, said police.

Md Jahir Hossain, officer-in-charge (OC) of Akbar Shah Police Station, said, "The victim was introduced with Sohel on Facebook through a fake ID and they got into a relationship."

"On Saturday, the 15-year-old left her house saying that she was going to submit a class assignment but did not return home. In the meantime, a person called her father and asked him to send Tk five lakh to get back his daughter," said the OC.

"Failing to trace the victim, family members sent Tk 15,000 through bKash. But the abductor demanded the rest of the money immediately," he added.

 "Sohel picked up the girl from Chattogram's Colonel Hat area and brought her to Dhaka. He called the girl's father for the money," the police official added.

Police, after receiving a complaint, conducted a drive in Cumilla and Gabtali's Jamuna Residential Hotel in Darussalam, arrested Sohel, and rescued the girl," the official said.

Sohel is the father of three-year-old baby but he used to trap females on Facebook and later get money from their families, according to police. 

A case was filed in this connection.