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Abducted girl rescued, prime accused held

July 07, 2014 00:00:00


JOYPURHAT, July 6 (UNB): A girl, who was kidnapped by her former husband by killing her brother in Dogachhi of Sadar upazila on Friday night, was rescued early Sunday, 30 hours after her abduction.

Police also arrested the prime accused, Shipon alias Sagar.

Acting on secret information, police raided the house of Shipon's sister in Bhatsa Bazar area of the Sadar upazila in the early hours and rescued the victim.

Earlier, Shipon of Khanjanpur on the suburb of the district town had picked up Khadiza Begum (20) forcefully and married her three months back, said Abdur Rashid, officer-in-charge (OC) of Joypurhat Police Station.

When the family of Khadiza came to know that Shipon was married and he had a child, they got Khadiza divorced from Shipon.

As a sequel to the incident, Shipon along with some 19-20 people riding several motorbikes went to Khadiza's house and picked up her around 9:30 pm Friday night.


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