Bid to abduct schoolgirl in Chandpur, two held

Police on Monday night detained two alleged kidnappers from Chandpur launch terminal while they were trying to abduct a 14-year-old schoolgirl.

The arrestees are Touhidul Islam, 22, son of Shahjahan Bepari of Baniakandi village in Hajiganj upazila, and Riad, 19, son of Abdul Khaleq of the village.

Sub-inspector Omar Faruk of Sadar Model Police Station said the duo forcibly picked up the girl, also a Class IX student at Rampur High School, when she went out of their home at the same village to respond to the call of nature around 8:00pm on Monday.

They also threatened the girl saying that they would hurl acid at her face if she shouted for help.

The gang then took her to Chandpur launch terminal in a CNG-run auto-rickshaw.

Victim's father Dulal Bepari filed a case with Hajiganj Police Station the same night.

Seeing the trio's suspicious movement at the launch terminal, police detained them and rescued the girl around 11:45pm. They were handed over to Hajiganj Police Station around 1:30am.

The two alleged abductors were yesterday produced before a court that sent them to jail.