Trader kidnapped in Patuakhali

Criminals abducted a trader in Rangabali upazila of Patuakhali on Sunday night and demanded a ransom of Tk 1 lakh.

Nizam Fakir, brother of victim Swapan Fakir, 32, who sells lentil, filed a general diary with Rangabali Police Station on Monday.

Swapan's family claimed that he went to nearby Galachipa upazila town on Friday to sell lentil. He got Tk 2.5 lakh from the sale and took it with him when he left home around 4:30pm on Sunday. 

He had called for a motorbike ride at 9:45pm to get home from North Charalta area. But the bike rider found his phone turned off when he reached North Charalta to pick up Swapan.    

At 11:48pm, Swapan called his sister Hosneara Begum. He told her that he had been kidnapped and that the abductors wanted Tk 1 lakh for his release. 

"Sister save me. I can't say where he is taking me. I'm blindfolded," he was quoted as saying.

There has been no communication with Swapan since then.