Police rescued Sowad bin Abdullah, 6, a kidnapped madrasa student from the Comilla district, 21 days after he was kidnapped and taken in Teknaf, Cox's Bazar. Mohammed Abdullah from the same region is the father of Sowad bin Abdullah. At the East Pankhali region, he is a first-class student at the Abu Hurairah (RA) Madrasah.
Miscreants demanded a ransom of Tk20 lakh
Those arrested are Sadek (21), son of Nagu, Terrorist Nagu (55), son of late Abdur Shukkur, Laila Begum (55), wife of Mohammed Ali, Umme Salma (24), wife of Mohammed Khan, Mohammad Hashem (27), son of late Abdul Shukkur, Khatizatul Korbra (35) wife of Syedul Haque. Ayesha Begum (32) wife of Nagu. Hosne Ara (20) wife of Sadek. Roni son of Nagu (12) are all residents of Mochoni Register Camp.
Nasir Alam (28) son of Zafar Alam of Jhelongjhar, Cox's Bazar, Salamat Ullah (45) son of Maheshkhali Manchur Alam, Zaheer Ahmed (65) son of deceased Lalmiya of Nayapara, Hasmul Karim Toha (20) son of Shamsul Alam, Mohammad Atiq Ullah (19) son of Faridul Alam of Samira ghona. Faridul Alam Khan (52), son of late Rahmat Ullah, Amir Hossain son of Salamat Ullah alias Sonamia and Touhidul Islam Toha, son of Shamsul Alam, a resident of Kalamar Chara.
Armed gangs abducted 8 people, including kids in Teknaf
On Sunday, March 31, at around 11:30 a.m., a press conference was conducted in the conference room of the Teknaf Model Police Station. Rasel, the Additional Superintendent of Police for the Ukhiya-Teknaf Circle, was the main guest. Officer-in-charge (OC) Mohammed Osman Goni of the Teknaf Model Police Station, Inspector (Operation) Abdur Razzak, SI Sudarshan, and SI Masud Faisal were also there.
Superintendent of Police in addition at the particular period. According to Russell, on Saturday, March 9, unknown individuals kidnapped Chowad bin Abdullah, a Madrasa Abu Huraira class 1 pupil, from the East Pankhali neighborhood of Ward No. 6 of Hnila Union. Sowad bin Abdullah's kidnappers have been requesting 20 lakh rupees from the family ever since. The police were notified of the situation by the abductee's relatives.
Afterward, the police launched an operation after learning the abductors' whereabouts through cellphone monitoring.
Two shepherds are missing again in Teknaf
Eventually, on Saturday, 30 March, the OC of Teknaf Model Police Station, under the direction of District Superintendent of Police Md. Mahfuzul Islam BPM, PPM (Bar), led special raids in several areas in the districts of Cox's Bazar and Comilla, recovering four mobile phones, Tk 4 lakh in ransom, and the famously kidnapped child, Sowad bin Abdullah.
The phone was found and reclaimed. At this point, 17 individuals were detained, among them Anwar Sadek, the leader of the abduction group. He said that further members of the abduction group engaged in the event have been identified, and efforts are underway to apprehend them. The procedure of sending the detained people to court is underway.
Anwar Sadek, Shahin, Toha, Nagu, Hosne Ara, and other members of the abduction ring were confirmed to be active participants during the arrestees' questioning. The mother of the victim, who lived in a remote hills area of Kalamar chara under the Maheshkhali police station, was constantly asked to pay a ransom of Tk 20 lakh by the kidnappers as a kind of ransom.
Two shepherds are missing again in Teknaf
If the ransom was not paid, he even threatened to murder the child. The kidnapped youngster was severely abused many times to get the ransom, and the victim's family, including the mother, was heard sobbing.
The mother of the kidnapped child, NurJahan Begum, stated that Sowad Bin Abdullah, a resident of Teknaf Upazila, left for the Madrasa early on March 9. The mother stopped the child on her way home from the madrasa in the afternoon, and according to an unnamed woman wearing a burqa, the youngster had an accident that resulted in a broken head.
Subsequently, the youngster was enticed by the woman to an autorickshaw. She then sent a written report to the police station. The police later gathered the CCTV footage of the event. In it, a mother was seen giving the toddler an autorickshaw.
Another hostage farmer returned with ransom
During a raid on March 10, the police detained five gang members, including a lady and the driver of the autorickshaw that was utilized in the kidnapping episode. There are five Rohingya. Consequently, the authorities apprehended all of the gang members and saved the youngster after 22 days.
Four of 5 kidnapped farmers have returned
It should be noted that in the last year, 117 persons have been kidnapped from various parts of Teknaf. of them, 59 are locals and the remaining are Rohingya citizens. Ransom was used to free 51 of the family victims who had been abducted.
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