Locals foil bid to kidnap headmaster

Local people on Friday night foiled an alleged bid to kidnap the headmaster of Koirabari High School in Atghoria upazila of Pabna.
Headmaster Md Saiful Islam filed a case with Atghoria Police Station yesterday morning, accusing Md Abdul Hamid, a suspended teacher of the school, and six others.
In the case statement, Headmaster Saiful Islam alleged that Abdul Hamid, suspended on charge of corruption by the school authorities on May 17 in 2010, and his hired men stormed into his house at Koirabari village at around 9:30pm and tried to kidnap him and his son.
“As we cried for help, locals rushed to my house and chased the gang. But they could not catch hold of any of the gang members as a team of detective branch of police intercepted the villagers and helped the kidnappers flee,” the headmaster stated.
Witnesses said villagers besieged the DB men, alleging that they (detectives) helped the gang escape from the village. Later, police reached the spot and rescued the DB men.
Refuting the allegation, a DB official said the detectives led by Sub-Inspector Md Zahid were carrying out a drive at the village at that time to arrest some criminals.
However, DB official Md Mostafa Harun said, headmaster Saiful Islam has already filed a complaint with the superintendent of police, accusing the DB team of helping the alleged kidnappers to escape.
“We are investigating the matter. If the allegation against the DB men proved to be true, we will take departmental action against them,” the official added.