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Two kidnapped for ransom

19 July 2009, 17:00 PM
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Our Correspondent, Kushtia
Criminals abducted a farmer's son in Daulatpur upazila on Saturday night and demanded Tk 2 lakh as ransom from his father. According to police, a masked gang entered the house of farmer Hekmat Ali at Madhugari village about 11:30pm and demanded Tk 1 lakh as toll. As Hekmat refused to pay the amount they picked up his son Tikka, 30, at gunpoint. In Khoksa, a gang way laid village doctor Bipul Biswas at Machpara bridge when he was returning home from Pangsha bazar Wednesday night. The gang picked him up and demanded Tk 3 lakh as ransom from his family. Bipul is yet to be freed as none lodged any case.
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