Youth kidnapped, cousin's payphone shop looted, house bombed
Staff Correspondent
Local extortionists abducted a man after they bombed, vandalised and looted his cousin's residence that also houses a payphone shop at Azimpur last night on refusal to pay them tolls.Four of Anwar Hossain Mahbub's family -- his wife Reena, son Antu, younger brothers Maksud and Bahadur -- were injured in the bomb attack and admitted to Dhaka Medical College Hospital (DMCH). A gang of about 12 including Miston, Titu and Apu swooped on the shop, Bappi Enterprise, with hockey sticks and firearms and set off a string of homemade bombs at around 8:00pm. Mahbub was away during the attack. They took the cousin, Mintu, with them. Later, he said at the DMCH the gang demanded Tk 30,000 when he was selling topaz, tasbih (talisman), surma and atar at the payphone shop before Eid. Lalbagh police visited the spot, but could not rescue Mintu nor arrest anyone until late last night.
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