Minor girl abducted for ransom

A minor girl was abducted from a mosque at Achintapur village under Sadar upazila on Tuesday.

The victim is Monira Khatun, 5, daughter of Ramjan Ali of the village.

Ramjan Ali said he fell asleep in the mosque close to his house after Asr prayers. At the time his daughter Monira was by his side. When he woke up he did not find his daughter there.

At around 10:00pm, an abductor phoned Ramjan and demanded Tk 3 lakh as ransom for release of his daughter.

Biplob Kumar Nath, officer in charge (OC) of Sadar Police Station, said an abduction case was filed with the police station yesterday morning.

Law enforcers have already launched a drive to rescue the girl and arrest the abductors, the OC added