Child rescued: 2 traffickers arrested
Debidwar police sent two youths to Comilla court hajat yesterday after they were arrested on charges of trafficking a female child on Tuesday afternoon.
On information, local people went out to search for Zakia Sultana, 6, of Rampur village who was trafficked. They recovered her from a jungle at Mashikara village.
They also caught Anwar, 20, son of Ansar Ali, and Abu Bakar Siddique Kishore, 24, son of Abul Khair of neighbouring Padmacot village red-handed and handed them over to the police after a mass beating.
Zakia's father Yunus Miah of Rampur village filed a case under Women and Children Repression Act against the traffickers.
The arrestees and the victim were produced before Comilla No 3 judicial magistrate court yesterday noon where the accused denied the allegations brought against them.
Member of Gunaighor Union Parishad Saleha Begum said the accused were trying to traffic the child.
Zakia's father Yunus Miah said the two accused took away his daughter for trafficking.
Officer-in-Charge of Debidwar Police Station Md Zahedul Islam said it was not clear whether Zakia was abducted for trafficking.
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