9-year-old girl not rescued a month into 'abduction'
Nine-year-old Monira Khatun is yet to be rescued a month into her alleged abduction while the victim's parents have blamed police for dillydallying in this regard.
In a written complaint submitted to the deputy commissioner of Narail on November 5, Monira's mother Rahima Begum said she submitted an abduction case but Narail police did not record it and try to arrest the accused although the culprits were moving freely and their aides pressed the family not to take any step against them.
On October 13 morning, Ahad Mollah, 31, son of Salam Dofadar of Bagdanga village under Vadrovilla union in Narail Sadar upazila, and his four aides came with two motorbikes waylaid and kidnapped Monira Khatun, when she was retuning home from her maternal uncle's house, goes the complaint.
The victim is daughter of Abu Sayed Sheikh of Dakkhin Bagdanga village and a class three student of Char Ramsidhi Primary School.
"On the day of Monira's abduction, her mother Rahima Begum went to Narail police station to file a case against the aforesaid people. Then officer-in-charge Md Rafiqul Islam of Narail police station, sent SI Ziaur Rahman to investigate the matter. Although police found the incident true they did not record the case and started dillydallying to rescue Monira," Rahima said in the written compliant.
"Father of two children, Ahad Mollah divorced his two wives a few months ago. Later he gave proposal to marry my daughter. As we declined the disgraceful proposal he got furious and abducted my minor daughter. But none of the kidnappers has been arrested for mysterious reasons," she said.
Monira's father Abu Sayed Sheikh, who earns his living by pulling rickshaw van, said, "The culprits are threatening me and my wife not to file the abduction case. A few days ago we traced out Monira's position and informed the police but they did not come to rescue her. Law enforcers did not take any action to rescue my daughter as we could not spend money for the purpose."
Asked about the matter, SI Ziaur Rahman said, "I investigated the incident and found the matter true. We are trying to arrest the accused and rescue the victim. But Rahima Begum did not contact with us."
Contacted, Narail police station OC Rafiqul Islam said, "I heard from a reliable source that Rahima Begum and local arbitrators were sitting in a meeting to settle the matter. I don't know anything more because she submitted an allegation one month ago but did not contact with me later."
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