Youth returns home 5 years after abduction as family files case
A 20-year-old youth who was abducted from Thakurgaon's Baliadangi has been reunited with his family after five years.
Police and relatives rescued Samaun Ali, son of Abdus Sobhan, a resident of Gogbasti village in Bhanor union, in the small hours on Saturday after kidnappers left him at the Baliadangi intersection, said Baliadangi Police Station Inspector (Investigation) Dibakar Adhikari on Saturday afternoon.
Family members said Samaun was abducted by his cousin, Jamirul Islam alias Mithun, five years ago under the false promise of a job in Dhaka.
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A few days after taking Samaun, Mithun cut off all communication with the family. Despite multiple attempts to contact Mithun and pay money for Samaun's return, Sobhan was unable to get his son back.
After years of searching in various places, including Dhaka, and unsuccessful efforts to resolve the issue, Sobhan filed a case against Mithun and his father Abdul Khalek in Thakurgaon court seven months ago.
The court took action, ordering Baliadangi police to rescue Samaun.
Inspector Dibakar Adhikari, also the investigating officer, said, "We began our investigation following the court's order."
He said that realising the police were closing in, the kidnappers abandoned Samaun at Baliadangi intersection.
"After completing the legal procedures, we will hand Samaun over to his family. He appears to be in poor health and requires medical care."
Samaun said that he was taken to a warehouse in Narsingdi district, where he worked while someone else collected his wages.
His communication with the outside world was cut off soon after, and for the past five years, he was unable to say where he was or what he had been doing.
However, he mentioned that he had suffered various forms of torture during his captivity.
Samaun's father, Sobhan, shared his frustration, saying, "I repeatedly asked for my son back through local mediation, but the accused ignored me. It was only when the police began taking action after we filed the case that they returned my son."
The return of Samaun has brought relief and happiness to his family, who now feel they have a new lease on life.
