Abducted college girl traceless for 22 days

A college girl, abducted from Subarnochar upazila of the district on December 19, still remains traceless.

The victim is a first year student of Saikat Degree College, and belongs to a Hindu family of Hazipur village in the upazila.

Addressing a press conference at Shaheed Uddin Eskander Kochi Auditorium of Noakhali Press Club yesterday, the victim's mother alleged that Sohag, son of Md Nabi and Kamrun Nahar of the same village, often teased her daughter on her way to college. At one stage, he proposed marriage to her, but she refused, the mother added.

The girl told her parents about the matter and they informed Sohag's family. At this, Sohag became angry and threatened to abduct Sumi.

On December 19, Sohag and his accomplices abducted the girl while she was going to the house of her maternal aunt at nearby Bairagi bazar in Char Amanullah union.

Mother of the abductee also alleged that she went to file a case with Char Jabber Police Station but the officer-in-charge did not take the case.

"I filed a case, accusing Sohag, his father Md Nabi and his mother Kamrun Nahar with the help of the leaders of Bangladesh Hindu-Buddha Christian Oikya Parishad on January 1, but the accused still remain scot-free," she said.

She further said that the abductors threatened them to withdraw the case. She urged the police administration to rescue her daughter and demanded exemplary punishment to the culprits.

Sub-inspector (SI) Khondaker Md Ibrahim, acting OC of Char Jabber Police Station, said no one came to him before January 1 regarding the abduction. So, her claim about filing the case is not true.

Police are trying their best to rescue the victim and arrest the accused, the OC added.