A child was kidnapped by a man named Maqbul Hossain in the Damurhuda upazila of Chuadanga on Friday.
The kidnapped boy was Abdullah, 6, the son of Abdul Khalek from Koshaghata village of the upazila.
Officer-in-Charge of Damurhuda police station said Maqbul took Abdullah along with his own sons to visit Mujibnagaron Friday afternoon. When the family members of Abdullah called Maqbul in the evening, he said they were returning, but when he was contacted again by worried guardians at night, Maqbul said he had kidnapped Abdullah and demanded Tk5 lakh as ransom.
The OC also said they were working to rescue the boy.
