In separate events, a young girl and a woman who were allegedly abducted by human traffickers were rescued by the police on Tuesday night. Their abductors were arrested as well.
In Benapole, Jessore, a 25-year-old woman was rescued from Hotel Mou, a residential hotel near the port, by the police, our Jessore correspondent reported. The woman, who hails from Faridpur, is a resident in Jatrabari, Dhaka.
According to the victim’s statement, A man named Abdul Hye, also from Dhaka, lured her in to Benapole saying he would give her a better job by planning to take her to India. She also claimed he violated her in the hotel.
Shafiqul Islam, sub-inspector at Benapole port police station, said they were tipped off about the woman and raided the hotel, where they rescued her and arrested the trafficker. A case has been filed with the police station in this regard.
In Kurigram, police rescued a girl from Santoshpur union, Nageshwari four days after she was abducted, our Kurigram correspondent reported. Her abductors, Obaidul from Nageshwari upazila and Moysar Ali from Phulbari upazila, were also arrested.
Police said the victim, a seventh-grader from Santoshpur, was abducted from an area near her house on Friday and was held captive for four days in the house of Mojibor Rahman in Raiganj union.
On Tuesday night, she was taken to Basherbhita village near the Bangladesh-India border, where she escaped and took shelter in a house. There she informed the house owner, who captured the two abductors with the help of village police and notified Nageshwari police station. Police then took all three into custody. Mojibor has been absconding since.
The victim’s father has filed a case in this regard with Nageshwari police station. Her family is assuming she was taken near the border to be trafficked.