30 fishermen buy freedom
Our Correspondent, Satkhira
Thirty fishermen abducted by pirates two weeks ago in the Sundarbans were released yesterday on payment of Tk 3 lakh. The fishermen were held hostage in Puspakati, Kaliachak, Fatiker Dune and Jalghata areas. They were abducted in deep forest by two gangs of pirates, one led by Motaleb and the other by Sakawat. Earlier, the pirates failed to realise Tk 15 lakh as ransom from relatives of over 100 wood cutters they abducted from Arangkona, Baluichaki, Chora Meghna, Jalghata and Puspakati areas in the Sundarbans. The pirates released Daud Dhali, Razzak, Nazrul Mizanur and Jalil of Burigoalini village in Shyamnagar upazila and Shahidul Gazi of Fatepur village in Paikgachha upazila in Khulna asking them to tell the abducted fishermen's relatives to pay ransom, otherwise the pirates threatened to kill them. The victims informed the matter to local lawmaker Gazi Nazrul Islam and the police authorities.
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