Tale of expatriate’s abduction in Iraq for ransom from his father back in Bangladesh

By Straight from Star Newsroom
16 September 2021, 15:00 PM
UPDATED 16 September 2021, 21:47 PM
On August 3, fish seller Badal Mia was starting his day in the capital’s Karwan Bazar just like any other day when a video sent to his IMO account changed everything.

On August 3, fish seller Badal Mia was starting his day in the capital's Karwan Bazar just like any other day when a video sent to his IMO account changed everything.

In horror, he watched his Iraqi expatriate son lying on the floor, tied down with a rope.

In Straight from Star Newsroom, Farhana Ahmed is joined by The Daily Star reporter Mohammad Jamil Khan to discuss how 22-year-old Abdullah Haque Rabbi was abducted and tortured to get ransom from his fish seller father back in Bangladesh.