Ctg boy abducted in Cox's Bazar remains missing for 5 days, tortured for ransom

An 18-year-old boy, who was reportedly abducted by unidentified individuals while travelling to Cox's Bazar from Chattogram, has yet to be recovered in five days since the incident.

The victim is Riazul Hasan, son of Ferdous Alam, a CNG-driven autorickshaw driver in Charamba union of Lohagara upazila of Chattogram.

Riazul was abducted while travelling to Cox's Bazar after leaving home on 17 June, alleged his father.

Ferdous alleged that as he called on his son's phone number, an unidentified individual received the call and issued a threat to kill the boy, demanding a ransom of Tk5 lakh.

A general diary has been filed in this connection at Lohagara police station. 

Ferdous said the kidnapper later reduced the ransom amount to Tk1 lakh, and told him during a phone call that the ransom must be paid to get his son back alive.

"My son has suffered a severe beating, and I heard his screams over the phone," he shared with TBS.

Inspector (investigation) Himel Roy, acting OC of Teknaf model police station, said they have continued their efforts to rescue the kidnapped boy. 

He said with the assistance of information technology, the phone number belonging to the victim has now been traced to Narayanganj. "Police are working on the matter."

Lohagara police station OC Arifur Rahman said they have also continued their efforts to rescue the boy.

With the latest incident, 254 have been abducted from various locations in Teknaf within approximately one and a half years, data from Cox's Bazar district police suggests.