An Army sepoy was rescued from Taichalapara area in Bandarban on Monday night, a day after his abduction from Ramgar upazila in Khagrachhari.
Police also arrested three Jubo League leaders, the youth front of the ruling Awami League, in this connection.
The victim Md Nantu Ali, 30, is posted at NC Academy of Bogra Cantonment as a sepoy.
Besides, the arrestees are Md Faruk Hossain, the organisational secretary of Ramgar upazila unit Jubo League, Shamim Mahmud, secretary of municipality unit and Shipon, president of ward 5 Jubo League.
The victim told reporters that he had got introduced with Faruk over cell phone three months back. Faruk invited him to visit Ramgar. Nantu has been staying at his native village taking two-month leave.
Nantu said, “On Sunday morning I reached Ramgar to meet him. Then Faruk and Farid took me to a house near Ramgar Cinema Hall. Later three youths—Rubel, Milon and an unnamed person-- joined them.”
“They actually confined me to the house and forced me to call my relatives and ask for money. They also talked with my relatives and threatened to kill me if they did not give me Tk3 lakh,” he said.
The alleged abductors gave four B-Kash numbers to his relatives so that they could send the money.
Nantu said during confinement, they had tortured him indiscriminately and took him to a place on a CNG-run auto-rickshaw after tying him up and blindfolding him.
The law enforcers rescued him from there on Monday night from an orchard.
Family members said they had informed the authorities of NC Academy after the abductors demanded money.
Later, a team of Rab 7 and police conducted the raid and found the victim tied up in the Taichalapara area.
Following Nantu’s statement, police arrested the trio from different places of the district.
Hearing the news of arrest, local Awami League and Jubo League leaders rushed to the police station.
President of upazila unit Jubo League Abdul Kader alleged that they were victims of political conspiracy.
When contacted, NC Cantonment authority did not want to make any comment over the arrest.