Ransom couldn't save abducted child's life
The minor had his whole life ahead of him. But abductors, allegedly his close relatives, put an end to his life all too early.
Even a ransom of Tk 32 lakh could not save his life. He was killed and then buried in a field in Birab of Rupganj upazila in the district.
Police on Tuesday night recovered the body of five-year-old Sadman Jihad Apan from there. Son of Jahidul Islam, the victim was a first grader at Moscow International School.
Md Mahmudul Islam, officer-in-charge of Rupganj Police Station, said five relatives of the victim were picked up in connection with the incident.
Quoting locals, law enforcers said Jahidul was involved in a long-standing feud with his cousin Abul Basher over land.
Two years ago, Abu Naser, elder brother to Basher, borrowed Tk 28 lakh from Jahidul for buying a piece of land in the area, but the amount was never repaid.
The dispute went to arbitration, but it could not bring any solution to the problem. The enmity between the two families deepened.
Abul Basher, Abu Naser and their mother Majeda Begum planned to kill Apan. They kidnapped the boy on Saturday afternoon when he came out of his house to play.
Failing to trace his son, Jahidul filed a general diary with the police station.
At one stage, the abductors phoned Jahidul and demanded the ransom for the release of his son. The hapless father paid the abductors Tk 32 lakh through bKash, a mobile phone-based payment switch.
But Apan never returned home.
Tracing several calls on Jahidul's mobile phone, police nabbed Abul Basher, his wife Hamida Begum, Masum, his wife, and mother Majeda Begum.
Acting on the confession of the arrestees, police recovered the victim's body and sent it to Narayanganj Sadar Hospital morgue for an autopsy.
A pall of gloom descended on the area following the recovery of the body. Agitated locals also vandalised the houses of the alleged kidnappers.
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