Abducted man found dead

Unb, Magura
Police recovered the body of man from a river in Shalikha upazila of the district on Tuesday noon five days after his abduction. The deceased was identified as Nikhil Kumar, 45, of Pulum village of the upazila. Police, quoting the victim's family members, said a gang abducted Nikhil from his house on November 29 and later locals spotted his body floating in the river Fatkinadi. In Jessore, a schoolgirl was kidnapped by criminals in Keshabpur upazila on Tuesday afternoon. The victim is a student of Class IX at Pilot Girls High School. Police said a gang led by Akter Hossain, son of late Abdul Kuddus, and Al Amin, son of Abdul Dhali of Altapole village, picked up the schoolgirl at gunpoint from in front of her school on her way back home in the afternoon. Later, they left the scene in a private car along with the victim.