A court in Dhaka has placed five people on different terms of remand in a case filed over abduction of Qazi Raisul Islam alias Selim, 45, chairman of Moukaran union parishad (UP) of Patuakhali.
Dhaka Senior Judicial Magistrate Md Zunaid passed the order on Saturday after police produced the five accused before the court and pleaded for a seven-day remand each.
The accused Mohammad Farhad, 34, Toufik Rahat, 20, Ripon Mahmud Nayan, 27, Mohammad Didar, 25, were placed on three-day remand each while Amir Hossain, 65, was placed on one-day remand.
Earlier, on January 2, detective branch (DB) of police rescued UP chairman Raisul Islam from a house beside Doleswar Government Prime School under South Keraniganj Police Station and arrested the five members of the kidnapping gang.
A case was filed with the South Keraniganj Police station in this connection.
According to sources from DB, UP chairman Selim left Patuakhali for Dhaka at approximately 11:30PM on December 31, 2024.
On January 1, at around 6AM, Selim called his wife and informed her that when the bus he was traveling on reached Ekuria BRTA area, 15 to 20 unidentified individuals boarded the bus.
They intimidated the driver, conductor, and other passengers, forced Selim off the bus, and abducted him in a private car.
Later, kidnappers contacted his wife and demanded a ransom of Tk 1 crore, threatening to kill Selim if the money was not paid.
Since the incident, the victim's mobile phone has been turned off.
Later, separate teams of detective branch (DB) of police conducted raids in the area following the report of the victim's wife.
According to DB sources, the kidnappers held Selim captive for two days, during which he was subjected to severe physical torture.
