College student abducted for ransom in Kushtia
Our Correspondent, Kushtia
A gang of criminals abducted a college student from his home at village Miton in Mirpur upazila on Saturday night after his father declined to pay them Tk 50,000 in toll.Later, the kidnappers demanded a ransom of Tk 5 lakh for the release of Anwar Hossain, a second year student of Alhaj Nurul Islam College. The gang stormed the house of Nurul Islam, held all the family members hostage at gunpoint and asked him to pay Tk 50,000, family sources said. But being refused, the gang picked up his son. A case was filed with Mirpur Police Station, but police could not rescue the boy till filing of this report. As many as 119 people, including 46 school and college students, havez been abducted in the district since January. Of them, 12 victims were killed and eight are still missing. An organised gang and outlaws are responsible for the abductions, police said. Local people alleged that police often ask the victim's family to pay the ransom. A police official, preferring anonymity, said "The criminals even threaten to kill the victim if we launch a massive manhunt for them." "The victim's family also sometimes asks us not to go after the gang for fear of the victim's life," he added.
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