Jhenidah AL leader abducted

An Awami League (AL) leader was abducted from Maliat village in Maliat union under Kaliganj upazila of the district on Tuesday.

Md Azizur Rahman, 48, secretary of Maliat union AL, also former chairman of the union, was abducted while he was taking a morning walk.

Vitim's nephew Khaminur Rahman Khan said his uncle went out for morning walk every day. On Tuesday, some men in a black microbus swooped on Azizur around half a kilometer from his house and took him away.

Law enforcers might have picked him up, family members alleged.

Brick kiln labourer Khaminur Rahman said four or five men were sitting in the microbus and two men were walking about. When Azizur reached there, they picked him up and took him away.

Azizur's family members went to Kaliganj Police Station to file a general diary (GD), but they could not.

Officer-in-Charge of Kaliganj Police Station Aminul Islam said police are trying to find out the abducted man.