2 kidnapped in dispute over touchstone

According to police and local people, six labourers --Jahanshah Fakir, Kabir Kazi, Moksed Sarder, Halim, Jasim and Ayub Ali--got a 24-inch touchstone of Radha-Krishna (Hindu god and goddess) while digging a pond at Brahmmongao village.

They contacted antique smugglers to sell it. Some smugglers offered them Tk 10 lakh. But they demanded more and kept it hidden at the house of Kabir.

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Meanwhile, Kabir and Jahanshah told the four others that the touchstone was missing. They did not believe it and a dispute arose.

On Wednesday night, some armed persons, allegedly engaged by the four others abducted Kabir and Jahanshah from their houses, police said.