Comitted to PEOPLE'S RIGHT TO KNOW
Vol. 4 Num 130 Sat. October 04, 2003  
   
General


Girl abducted from Comilla rescued in city


A 12-year-old girl abducted from Comilla four days ago was rescued by police from a house at Tilpapara in Khilgaon of the city yesterday and the alleged abductor was arrested.

Police sources said the abductor, Abdul Malek, also raped the girl and kept her confined in the house for trafficking.

Khilgaon police filed a case and produced Malek in the Chief Metropolitan Magistrate's Court, seeking a seven-day remand. The court placed him on remand for two days.

Acting on a tip off, police conducted a pre-dawn raid at the house and found the girl locked in a room. They rescued her and nabbed Malek.

The girl told police Malek picked her from Burichang bus stand in Comilla on September 29 when she was waiting for a bus to go to her sister's house. "He wanted to take me to my sister's house and I trusted him. But he brought me here without my knowledge," police quoted the girl as saying.

The girl also told police Malek raped her thrice during her confinement.

Meanwhile, locals caught two women and a girl when they tried to enter Malek's den at around 10:00am yesterday and handed them over to police.

The three were identified as Fuleman, Fatema and 15-year-old girl Runa.

Questioned by police, Fuleman said she is a garment worker. Malek asked her to bring some women and girls looking for job in garment factories and she was taking Fatema and Runa to him as they were in need of job.

Police said Malek was engaged in trafficking women and children.