Members of the Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) on Thursday night rescued two schoolgirls, who were abducted from Brahmanbaria by unidentified miscreants, from Chittagong city’s Pahartali area.
Fatema Akter, 14, daughter of Md Sajid Mia and Soma Debnath, 14, daughter of Rakhal Debnath, are the students of class VIII at Nasir Nagar Government Girls High School, Brahmanbaria Sadar upzila, RAB sources said.
Assistant Director Chandon Debnath of RAB 7 Media Wing told Dhaka Tribune the victims were picked up on their way to the school by unidentified miscreants on a microbus on July 27, 2016. Then Sajid Mia registered a general dairy (GD) with Nasir Nagar police station in this connection.
“After a few days of the abduction, Fatema’s father Sajid came to know that both the victims are in Chittagong and he filed another complaint with RAB 7 office in the city,” said the RAB official.
Upon receiving allegation, RAB members traced out the location of the abducted girls in Pahartali’s Ambagan area and raided the place and rescued the girls from there around 9:30pm.
The RAB official said during primary investigation RAB suspected that the girls were abducted for trafficking to neighbouring country. The kidnappers, however, left the victims, sensing the presence of the elite force.
“The kidnappers did not physically assault the schoolgirls, but confined them in a house,” said the RAB official, adding that they were trying to arrest the kidnappers.
The victims were handed over to their family members.