Three schoolgirls not rescued in 24 days

Abducted schoolgirls (left to right) Mahmuda, Chameli and Sabana are yet to be traced. Photo: Star

According to cases filed with with Gobindagnaj thana on May 29, one Monirul Islam lured the three girls on May 18 in the name of giving them jobs in a garnments factory in Dhaka.

The victims are Chameli begum, 14, a student of class nine and daughter of Sohrab Ali; Mahamuda, 11, of class six and daughter of Joynal Abedin; and Sabana, 11, of class six and daughter of Khaja Mia.

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In the cases, the victims' families alleged that the girls might have been handed over to women traffickers in Dhaka.

Guardians of the girls, accompanied by a team of Gobindaganj police, also searched some places in Dhaka but could not trace the girls, they said at a press conference at Gaibandha Press Club recently.

They sought help from all quarters to rescue the girls.