Schoolboy murdered after abduction, schoolgirl freed
A schoolboy has been murdered in Bheramara upazila yesterday, a day after his alleged abduction from the district lown.
The victim was identified as Sohag Hossain, 17, son of Abbas Uddin of Kumargara in the outskirts of the district town.
Sohag appeared in secondary school certificate (SSC) examinations this year.
Sohag's father is an expatriate in Saudi Arabia. Sources at Kushtia Model police station said Sohag went out of home with his motorbike at about 9.00am on Tuesday and since remained missing.
Sohag's uncle Habibur Rahman said, he filed a General Diary (GD) with Kushtia Model police station at about 9.30pm after failing to trace the boy's whereabouts.
"Sohag last phoned his mother at about 12.30pm on Tuesday", Habib said.
Next day at about 8.30pm police recovered Sohag's motorbike from a ditch in Jagati rail bazar area in Bheramara but failed to say anything more about him.
Yesterday afternoon, people found his body at a ditch near Lalon Shah Bridge and informed Bheramara police.
Police said there were marks of stabbing in the body of the boy.
Family sources said, after failing in SSC examinations, Sohag had decided to go to his father in Saudi Arabia.
Habib told this correspondent that in the GD he accused a son of a neighbour of calling Sohag out of house. He, however, declined to explain the reason behind the abduction and murder.
Police said they were looking for some friends of Sohag.
In Jessore, police rescued a schoolgirl from Barandipara area in the district town on Wednesday night, four and a half months after her abduction, reports UNB.
The law enforcers also arrested an alleged abductor, Jewel Rana, son of Azizur Rahman Molla of Magurkhali village.
Police said Jewel along with his associates kidnapped a Class IX student from Keshabpur upazila in the district on May 25.
The victim's father filed a case, accusing four people on June 8 in this connection.
Acting on secret information, a police team, led by sub-inspector Sharif Habibur Rahman, conducted a drive in the area on Wednesday night and rescued the girl and arrested Jewel.
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