A Bangladesh-born US citizen was abducted from Lotpotia village of Chatkhil upazila under Noakhali district.
The victim’s father, Md Manik Mia, a US expatriate, alleged that his younger brother's son Parvez, along with three associates, had picked up his daughter in a CNG-run auto-rickshaw on Monday.
He filed an abduction case with Chatkhil police station on the same day.
The victim, Mishti (not her real name), arrived at her residence in the village on June 30. Learning that her wedding had been fixed, Pervez had abducted her, said Manik.
Chatkhil police station Officer-in-Charge Md Nasim Uddin said police had arrested Ismail Hossain, the driver of the auto-rickshaw and Pervez's mother Parveen Akhter in this connection.
On Monday, Parvez called Mishti to come out of her house to take a photograph with him.
When Mishti went out, Parvez and his associates forcibly pushed her inside a CNG-run auto-rickshaw and fired blank shots to create panic.
“We had been living in USA for the last 30 years. Police could not find my daughter although 24 hours have passed since the incident. I have informed the matter to the US embassy,” said Manik.