Five day labourers abducted by armed men from tea stall in Teknaf

District Correspondent

Unidentified gunmen abducted five daily wage workers while they were hanging out at a tea shop in Teknaf, Cox’s Bazar.

On Sunday evening, November 30th, they were taken at gunpoint from the foothills of the South Shilkhali hills in Baharchhara upazila.

The five abducted daily wage workers are: Mamun Zia (33), son of Atiur Rahman, Md. Islam’s son Gias Uddin (35), Abul Qasim Baidya’s son Putiksha (38), Md. Hasan’s son Abu Siddique (32) and Ayub Ali’s son Shahin (33). All five are residents of Dakshin Shilkhali village in Baharchhara Union.

Confirming the matter, local UP member Md. Hafez said, “They were hanging out at the shop in the evening after returning from work like every day. Suddenly, armed men from the mountain took away 5 daily wage laborers.”

Durjoy Biswas, IC Police Inspector of the Baharchhara Investigation Center, said that the police are continuing the operation to rescue the abductees.