Two people, one in Rajshahi and the other in Natore, were abducted on Saturday and both were rescued on the same day from Baneshwar of the Puthia upazila in Rajshahi.
Milon Kumar Sarker, 32, the son of Mihir Kumar Sarker of Puthia and a dentist at the Puthia Upazila Health Complex, was kidnapped from a microbus while on his way to Rajshahi city at around 12pm on Saturday. He was later released at around 9:30pm after his family paid Tk2 lakh in ransom.
Milon’s brother-in-law Liton Kumar Sarker filed a general diary with the Boalia Model police station in this regard. He, however, alleged that he did not receive much support from the law enforcers.
Officer-in-charge of the Boalia Model police station Abdus Sobhan said since they did not have any speedy mobile tracking system, the general diary was sent to RAB.
Deputy Commander of Rajshahi RAB 5 Colony Camp Major Shafiqul Islam said they sought permission for using mobile tracking systems from the Home Ministry as the general diary did not have any clue as to the identity of the kidnappers.
Meanwhile, Sweety Khatun, 17, an HSC examinee from Natore City College, was abducted from the Belgharia Bypass intersection on Saturday at noon as she was returning home from college by auto-rickshaw.
The abductors demanded a ransom of Tk1 lakh from her father and also threatened that the girl would be killed if the money was not paid.
Her maternal uncle Jahurul Islam filed a case with Natore Sadar police station in this regard. Officer-in-charge of the police station Abdus Sattar said police carried out a drive after the case had been registered and rescued Sweety from Baneshwar.
“The abductors left her in Baneshwar at around 11pm. She then called her family and police went to rescue her,” Sattar said.