Dhaka kid rescued in Cox's Bazar, one held
Dhaka kid rescued in Cox's Bazar, one held
A two and a half years old child, kidnapped from the capital on August 29, was rescued by members of the Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) from a hotel in Cox's Bazar town on Monday night.
The victim is Ahnaf Khan Ninad, son of Amir Khan of Tikkapara area in Mohammadpur. The elite force arrested the alleged kidnapper and two women from the hotel.
Rab-7 Commander Mirza Mostafa Kamal quoted victim's family as saying that Ninad along with his aunt Jannat came to a shop in Tikkapara area at around 9:30pm on August 29. At that time, Md Kutubuddin, who was well acquainted with Jannat, came there and tactfully picked up Ninad from the spot.
Failing to find Ninad in the area, Jannat filed a general diary (GD) with Mohammadpur Police Station the same night.
Alleged kidnapper Kutubuddin, who hails from Ramu upazila of Cox's Bazar, phoned Jannat the following day and demanded Tk 5 lakh to Ninad's family as ransom for his release.
As Rab came to know that Jannat and the abductor reached an agreement over Tk one lakh for release of Ninad, a team of the elite force arrested Kutubuddin while he was receiving the money from a bKash agent's shop in Cox's Bazar town on Monday night.
On his confessional statement, Rab personnel rescued Ninad from Sea Land Hotel in the town at around 9:00pm. They also arrested two aides to Kutubuddin from there. The arrestees are Yasmin Akhter, 14, and Nilu Akhter, 18. Both are from Lohagara upazila of Chittagong.