Finally, free after 41 years

Police rescued five others from the house where the victims claimed they had been kept 'locked for years', reports bdnews24.com.

Self-ordained saint Sheikh Nur Mohammad, 70, set up his 'Khanqah Sharif' in a madrasa-cum-orphanage at Shatgambuz Union's Mehognitala.

'Khanqah' is a Persian word literally meaning a 'house' or an 'abode of Sufis and Darvishes'. He was the director of the Khanqah.

Bagerhat Model Police Station OC Md Ali Azam said they rescued Mohammad's two wives - first wife Kulsum Begum, 58, and second wife Parveen Akter, 35, three daughters - Fatema Akter, 35, from his first marriage, and Salma Akter, 11, Nur Jahan, 6, from his second marriage, and three-year old son Mahabub Billah.

The place was raided on Thursday after the Khanqah Sharif director's son Baki Billah lodged a police complaint, said the OC.

However, the self-proclaimed saint escaped through the backdoor moments before police had arrived, he said.