Abducted youth not rescued in 5 months

Minister-in-Charge for Magura district Barkatullah Bulu at a law and order review meeting on August 24 ordered police to rescue Miraj within 10 days, but nothing happened as yet.

Miraj's bed-ridden mother Nurjahan met the Deputy Commissioner and the Police Superintendent on several occasion and appealed for rescue of her son.

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'Now, I want my son's body', a dejected Noorjahan said while talking to this correspondent on Thursday.

Miraj's 8-year-old son Sangram and five-year old daughter Rikti have stopped going to school, his wife Jesmin Sultana Kajal said.

Miraj, 40, was kidnapped at gunpoint from his house at Fulbari village in Magura Sadar upazila by a gang on July 8 as he protested their illegal trade on fake currency notes, the family claimed.

Filing of a case was delayed as the miscreants threatened not to do so, the family they alleged.

Finally, Miraj's younger brother Nayan filed a case on August 9, 31 days after the incident. Sub-Inspector (SI) Ruhani of Magura Sadar police station was made the Investigation Officer (IO).

Later, on August 28, the case was sent to DB (Detective Branch).

On contact, present IO of the case SI Mustafizur Rahman of DB said, 'Police hunt is going on even in adjoining districts to rescue to Miraj'.