Cops rescue girl from Dhaka

A seventh grader madrasa girl was rescued from Mugda in Dhaka on October 11 after over one month of her abduction from Chanpura village in Dashmina upazila of the district.

The girl was brought to Patuakhali yesterday, Superintendent of Police (SP) Mainul Hasan said while briefing the local journalists at his office.

The victim, aged about 14 and student of a local madrasa, was allegedly abducted on September 8 on the way to her institution.

Victim's father Saiful Islam filed a general diary with Dashmina Police Station in this regard the following day and he filed a case on October 6 after the police failed to trce the girl.

During  investigation, police learnt that in the meantime a kabiraj (herbal medicine practitioner) named Harun of the same village left the area and they started looking for him, said Mainul.

Meanwhile, police launched drives in several districts including Rajbari, Faridpur and Madaripur, but in vain. Finally, they were able to locate Harun at Mugda in Dhaka and rescued the girl from his residence, the SP added. The police also arrested Harun.

Harun told police that he took the girl to his Dhaka residence for taking care of his pregnant wife.

When the local journalists asked Harun in custody if he took permission of the girl's father to take her to his Dhaka residence, he kept mum.

Police sent the victim to 250-bed Patuakhali General Hospital for medical test, the SP said.

Police, however, barred the local journalists from talking the victim to hospital as she was underage.