The kidnapped fruit trader and his employee from the Mukundagati Bazar under the Belkuchi upazila of the district were released on Sunday night in a village in Natore by their abductors, five days after their kidnapping.
Following their release, the abducted – fruit trader Abu Bakkar Siddique and his employee Yusuf Ali – came to Hatikumrul, Sirajganj on different modes of transport around midnight, and later reached their relative’s house at Belkuchi under police custody.
The Belkuchi police station Officer-in-Charge Abdul Hye Sarker said the kidnappers were forced to release them because of the prompt actions taken by the police to rescue them.
They were hale and hearty, the OC said, adding that the fruit sellers were taken to the office of superintendant of police and their depositions were recorded through legal proceedings.
“We cannot disclose any of the information we received from them in the interest of arresting the abductors,” he said.
Sources said the fruit trader and his employee were abducted from near a crematorium on the night of April 16.
The two were returning home on a rickshaw after closing shop and the kidnappers were lying in wait in a microbus.
The abductors demanded a ransom of Tk80 lakh for their release.
