Abducted boy rescued

Meherpur police on Saturday rescued abducted Kushtia school student Nayeem Hossain from Mothmura village under Gangni upazila. Police also arrested five people on charge of their involvement in the incident. According to police, a group of criminals abducted Nayeem, son of Bozlu Biswas of Bus Stand area under Mirpur upazila in Kushtia on April 8. Nayeem is a student of class nine at Rifles Public School in Mirpur in the district. The gang picked up the boy into microbus when he was going to a local bazaar at about 4:30pm and later phoned his father Bozlu, a businessman of the upazila for Tk 25 lakh ransom. However, Bozlu filed a case with Mirpur police station and police arrested two friends of Nayeem. On the basis of their confessional statement, a police team raided a house at Mothmura village in Gangni upazila in Meherpur at about 6:30pm and rescued Nayeem. Police also arrested three other captors from the spot.