Online Desk : Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) in a drive rescued a girl, who was allegedly abducted from Rangpur city on March 21, and arrested the kidnapper of the teenage girl from Boidder Bazar area under Rajarhat Police Station of Kurigram district on Thursday afternoon.
The arrested is Sajal Kumar Manik, 19, inhabitatnt of Kharija Zongra Sarkarerhaat area under Patgram upazila in Lalmonirhat district.
According to the case statement, the accused Sajal Kumar Manik lured the victim in various ways and developed a love relationship with her. On March 21, Sajal kidnapped her from the main gate of Government City College in Rangpur city promising the victim to marry her.
Later, family members filed a case with Kotwali Police Station of Rangpur Metropolitan Police in this connection on March 23.
Officials of CPSC of RAB-13 said in a press release that they started a shadow investigation into the case after getting a letter from the police station.
On Thursday, acting on a tip-off, a team of the elite force conducted a joint raid in the Boidder Bazar area in Kurigram, rescued the victim and arrested the youth.
During interrogation, the arrested person admitted his involvement in the kidnapping.
The arrested was handed over to Kotwali Police Station and legal steps would be taken in this regard, the officials added.