The victims are: Rebeka Khatun, 14, daughter of Shawkat Ali, Taslima Khatun, 14, and Aklima Khatun, 12, both daughters of Abdul Latif of Bakra, and Mukta, 12, daughter of Shahidul Islam of Sharap Pur. They were students of class seven and eight at Sharap Pur Dakhil Madrasa in Assassuni.

Police said quoting eyewitnesses and Abdul Wahab, Swarnali Union Parishad member, traffickers led by Masuma Khatun picked up the girls.

Masuma, daughter of Ruhul Amin, in the name of taking to a market took them to Satkhira town, from where they boarded a Dhaka-bound bus, sources said.

The officer-in-charge of Assassuni Police Station admitted the incident, saying they are trying to rescue the girls.