Police have rescued three labourers who were kidnapped from the hilly area of Saraf Bhata union in Rangunia upazila of Chittagong on Sunday night.
The rescued labourers are Md Jafar, 22, of Cox’s Bazar, Ejlas Mia, 60 and Md Bacha, 45, both from Saraf Bhata union in the upazila.
A team led by Md Anwar Hossain Shamim, assistant superintendent of police (Rangunia circle) rescued them from the deep forest of Tripura Shundari area after conducting a drive.
The farming labourers were kidnapped by some unidentified miscreants around 8am on Sunday while harvesting paddy in Barakhola area in the union, said Aktar Hossain, owner of the land they were working in.
“For the last few days, some unknown people were demanding Tk2 lakh as extortion over the phone. They might have kidnapped my workers for money,” he said.
ASP Anwar said the kidnappers could not be arrested.
