Police rescued a girl from Natore on Thursday night, a day after she was abducted on Wednesday morning.
The victim was Rubaiya Khatun, a Class IX student of Hatiyandah Girls’ School in Singra upazila.
Police also arrested four persons in connection with the abduction.
The arrested are Liton, the ringleader and the son of one Moza from Natore Sadar hospital area, and his three accomplices Swapan, the son of Osman Ali, Milton, the son of Ansar Ali from Kanaikhali Moholla and Roni, the son of Sadek Ali from Kandivitua Moholla.
A senior judicial magistrate sent the foursome to jail after police placed them before the court on Friday at noon.
Singra police station Officer-in-Charge Shafiqul Islam said there had been a two-year love affair between Rubaiya and Rabbi, who is from Puthimari village of the upazila.
Liton was known to both Rubaiya and Rabbi and aware of their relationship.
He had collected Rubaiya’s phone number and told her that Rabbi might trick her and that he [Liton] would do something which would force Rabbi to marry her.
Later, he also asked her to meet him but she refused.
Around 9am on Wednesday, Rubaiya was stopped by Swapan, Milton and Roni, Liton’s accomplices, while she was on her way to school.
Meanwhile, Liton called her up and advised her to go with them because he, along with them, would arrange for her to get married to Rabbi.
When Rubaiya refused, the trio forced her into a car and confined her at Liton’s house. They then phoned her aunt Romesa Begum, seeking a ransom of Tk2 lakh.
Singra police were informed of this and rescued Rubaiya and arrested her four kidnappers from Rajabari area in Natore town on Thursday night.
Superintendent of Police Basudev Banik confirmed the incident and said they were able to rescue the girl and arrest the kidnappers by tracking their phone number.
