Farmer abducted in Bandarban

Criminals abducted a tobacco farmer from Nykkhongchhari upazila of the district early yesterday.

The victim is Saiful Islam, 20, of the upazila.

Police and locals said an armed gang of seven to eight picked up Saiful and his father Nur Mohammad from a tobacco farmhouse in remote Ledukal Mukh area around 1:30am.

Later, the abductors released Nur and asked him to arrange Tk two lakh as ransom for his son's release.

Officer-in-Charge of Nykkhongchhari Police Station Mohammad Sheikh Alamgir said they along with BGB are trying to rescue Saiful.

On January 20 this year, armed criminals abducted four tobacco farmers from a farmhouse in the same area.