Abduction in Savar: Three juvenile gang members arrested

Rapid Action Battalion yesterday claimed to have rescued a kidnapped youth from Savar's Anandapur area and arrested three juvenile gang members in connection with the incident.

The arrestees -- Musha Kazi, 19, Zahid Hasan, 19, and Ashik Hossen, 18, -- are residents of the same area.

Rab-4 sources said one Hridoy, 18, from Manikgonj's Machain village, went to Savar on Friday noon to do a job.

In the evening, the arrestees picked up Hridoy and called his father from his cell phone. The kidnappers demanded a ransom of Tk 30,000 for Hridoy's return.

Around midnight, the father lodged a complaint with the Rab over the incident.

A team of Rab-4, led by Jamir Uddin Ahmed, company commander of Rab-4 (CPC-2), conducted a drive in Savar Anandapur City area around 1:00am yesterday, rescued Hridoy and arrested the three.

Contacted, Jamir Uddin said they came to know that the arrestees were members of a juvenile gang and they were involved in criminal activities.

A case was filed with Savar Model Police Station in this regard and the three were handed to the police station, he told The Daily Star.