A college student, who was abducted for ransom by miscreants from Dhaka 10 days ago, was rescued from Rajshahi railway station area on Tuesday night.
The victim, Farhan Zaman Rilke, 18, is a student of Bangladesh Taxes Engineering College.
In a press conference yesterday, Deputy Commissioner (West) of Rajshahi Metropolitan Police (RMP) Proloy Cisima handed Farhan over to his family members.
The commissioner said the abductors had picked Farhan up from Roopnagar area of the capital’s Mirpur on May 17, when he was heading to his college. His father Bazlur Rashid then lodged a general diary with Roopnagar police station regarding the incident.
Afterwards, the kidnappers called Farhan’s father on his mobile phone and demanded ransom in exchange for his son’s release. Bazlur informed the police station immediately.