Kidnapped boy rescued
Five-year old Jibon finally returned to his mother yesterday after passing seven days of nightmare at his abductors' den at Muktagachha in Mymensingh.
Taherul Islam and Shilpi Begum, parents of Jibon are residents of Mirerbagh of the capital's Ramna where they run a mess for day labourers.
Police said acting on a tip off they raided a house at Charipara village of Muktagachha on Tuesday afternoon and found Jibon along with one of his abductors Rojina, 30.
Two other abductorsMijan, 32, and Kalu alias Ranju, 33, were also arrested on the same day while Rojina's husband Billal and one Halim managed to escape.
Police said a local security guard's suspicions arose after he heard a child screaming in that house for several nights in a row and he informed the police.
“I was not allowed to go out and ate only once a day,” said Jibon, adding, “They used to beat me up whenever I asked for my parents and pressed a pillow on my face if I cried.”
Jibon went missing since December 28, they said in a press briefing at Ramna Police Station yesterday.
“That night around 8:00pm we got an unidentified caller on our cell phone who claimed Jibon was held by them and said we had to pay a ransom of Tk 7 lakh if we wished to have our son back alive,” said Shilpi.
The caller directed them to wait with the money at Modhupur bus stand in Tangail which they did twice on December 30 and 31, Taherul told the reporters.
However, the abductors harassed them by sending them to and fro various places near Muktagachha and Rasulpur till late into the night, he added.
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