Members of the Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) arrested a father and his son yesterday on charge of abducting and killing a three-year-old boy in July.
The victim was Manil (03), son of Shafiqul Islam of Savar, Dhaka.
The arrestees were Akram, 60, son of late Kafil Uddin and Akram’s son Bhasani, 30.
After Manik went missing on June 30 from in front of his house his father Shafiqul lodged a general diary with Savar police station.
Later on July 1 miscreants called over Shafiqul’s cell phone and demanded Tk5,00000. Shafiqul complained about the matter to the RAB Nabinagar Crime prevention camp(CPC) the same evening.
On July 6, Shafiqul’s mother found Manik’s body in a pond near their house.
Major Maksudul Alam, assistant director of the RAB Legal and Media Wing, said early yesterday the RAB arrested Akram from Hemayetpur tannery area around 2:15am.
On the basis of his information they held Bhasani from Shyamoli area around 5:15am.
Quoting Bhasani he said Milon and Mintu masterminded the murder while Akram, Ramjan, Hanif and Bhasani executed the plan. Akram lured Manik into Ramjan’s house.
Shafiqul paid Tk21,000 as ransom but the abductors were not happy with the money and strangled the boy.
After the murder when they realised that the body started to decompose they dumped the it into the pond.
