Abducted Golachipa girl rescued after 19 days
The teenage girl, abducted by a gang from Gabua village under Galachipa upazila of Patuakhali on January 21, was rescued from Khairabad Bridge area in Barisal on Saturday night.
Acting on a tip-off, police set up a check post near the bridge on Patuakhali-Barisal Road where the abductors dropped the girl at around 10:30pm. Police could not arrest the gang members as they fled the scene, riding a motorbike.
On the night of January 21, a gang led by Mujibur Rahman, son of Anwar Hossain Howlader of Gabua village under Galachipa upazila, attacked the house of Monoranjan of the village as a sequel to a longstanding dispute over land.
The gang vandalised Monoranjan's house, beat up all male and female members and set the house afire. At one stage, they abducted his teenage girl.
Anil, nephew of Monoranjan filed a case with Galachipa Police Station on January 23, accusing eight people, including Anwar Hossain and his son Mujibur Rahman. Police have so far arrested one of the accused named Russel while the rest still at large.
A High Court bench on January 31 issued an order, asking Patuakhali district and police administrations to rescue the girl and produce her before the court within the next 48 hours.
The bench comprising Justice AHM Shamsuddin Choudhury and Justice Mahmudul Hoque gave the order upon a petition filed by one Md Nasim Uddin on January 30 after a report on the incident was published in a newspaper on January 28.
The court also asked the district administration to rebuild the house of Monoranjan in the 20 days. The district administration, however, started reconstruction of the house on February 4.
Patuakhali Police Superintendent Rafiqul Hasan Goni told this correspondent that they produced the girl before the HC bench yesterday.
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