Six workers had been abducted at gunpoint by unknown contributors in Teknaf’s Baharchhara union at the present time (30 November), with police rescuing three while efforts are underway to stumble on the others.
“The incident happened at around 8:30am in the union’s slope location, on the Whaikhyang-Shamlapur route in Teknaf,” mentioned Mohammad Dastagir Hossain, in-worth inspector of the upazila’s Baharchhara Police Investigation Centre.
“Three of them had been rescued in the center of a police raid while the others silent remain lacking. The identities of the abductees have no longer been confirmed yet,” he added.
The inspector extra mentioned it’s dangerous whether or no longer the unknown contributors are silent preserving the final victims hostage or have launched them. Police are continuing their rescue operation.
“We’re working to catch out who performed the abduction and for what motive,” he mentioned.
Quoting locals, Dastagir mentioned, “Within the morning, a truck carrying 7-8 workers was once travelling from Whaikhyang to Shamlapur. When the truck reached Baharchhara, an unidentified community of of us stopped the auto at gunpoint and abducted six workers.”
Upon receiving files from locals, the police straight launched an operation. At one stage of the operation, the kidnappers launched three of us, however the whereabouts of the different three have no longer been chanced on, he mentioned.
In line with Cox’s Bazar District Police and the victims’ households, 143 of us had been kidnapped from varied areas of Teknaf in the final 1.2 years. Amongst them, 86 are locals and 56 are Rohingyas.
On the least 69 of the victims had been launched after paying a ransom.
In line with Teknaf Police Assign of abode, 13 kidnapping cases had been filed with the police assign of living from 18 August to November. On the least 60 of us are accused in these cases. To this point, 25 of us had been arrested.
