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Pirates abduct 2 fishermen

24 August 2009, 17:00 PM

NATIONAL

Our Correspondent, Satkhira.

Pirates abducted two fishermen from a canal in the Sundarbans early yesterday and demanded Tk one lakh ransom for their release. They are Bablu, 26, son of Omar Ali, and Abul Kashem, 19, son of Abu Bakkar Siddique of village Kalinchi in Shyamnagar upazila. A fisherman, who was released by the pirates, told police that the gang took Bablu and Kashem to deep forest and set a seven-day deadline for payment of the ransom. Otherwise, he said, the pirates threatened to kill the two.