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Chattogram district’s Detective Branch (DB) police have rescued a businessman abducted from Teknaf in Cox’s Bazar and arrested six people, including the alleged ringleader, a former army and Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) member.
The victim, Mohammad Ehsan, 36, was rescued from West Puichhari area under Banshkhali Police Station on Wednesday (October 21), while the suspects were arrested, Police Headquarters confirmed.
The alleged ringleader was identified as Sumon Munshi, a former army and RAB member who is now associated with the Special Reserve Battalion (SRB), according to the information provided by police.
The other arrested suspects are Mizanur Rahman, 29, Zainal Uddin, 28, Mohammad Abbas Uddin, 31, Mohammad Salim alias Selim, 30, and Delwar Hossain, 40.
Ehsan is a businessman from the Alikhali Rohingya camp, also known as Leda Camp-25, under Teknaf Police Station in Cox’s Bazar.
According to police sources, a group of five to six people wearing SRB uniforms, led by Sumon Munshi, abducted Ehsan from his business establishment in Teknaf at around 8:30pm on October 17 and took him to an undisclosed location.
The abductors later called Ehsan’s wife and Mozzaffar Uddin, the manager of his shop, from different mobile phone numbers and demanded Tk 2 million as ransom. They threatened to kill the businessman if the ransom was not paid.
A case was filed with Banshkhali Police Station on October 19. Following the filing of the case, Chattogram district DB police launched an operation based on a tip-off and rescued Ehsan, arresting six alleged members of the gang, including its ringleader.
Chattogram district police said legal action was being taken against the arrested suspects and that
