Bandarban AL leader abducted

An unidentified gang abducted a local Awami League leader from Sadar upazila of the district on Monday night.

The victim is Mongpu Marma, joint convener of Bandarban Sadar upazila unit of Awami League.

Kranu Marma, a union Parishad member and also a neighbour of the victim, said a gang of 10 to 12 picked up Mongpu at gunpoint from Jamchhari area at around 10:45 pm.

Protesting the incident, the district unit of the ruling party held a rally in front of Bandarban Press Club yesterday morning. At the rally, district AL leaders claimed that an armed group of Parbatya Chattagram Jana Sanghati Samity (PCJSS) abducted Mongpu.

They demanded release of Mongpu within the next 24 hours. Otherwise, they threatened to enforce an indefinite roads and waterways blockade in the district.

The rally was addressed, among others, by AL district unit president Kwe Shwe, and district AL leaders Laxmipada Das, Kajol Kanti Das, and Shafiqur Rahma.

Army and police personnel are trying to rescue the abducted AL leader, said Mizanur Rahman, superintendent of Bandarban police.

Contacted, KS Mong Marma, member of PCJSS central committee, refuted the allegation, saying that his party men are in no way involved in the abduction of Mongpu Marma.