College Student Abducted in Chattogram, Tk 500,000 Ransom Demanded

❐ Staff correspondent

A college student from Dakshin Halishahar in the port city of Chittagong has gone missing after leaving her home to go to college. Since her disappearance, her family has been receiving calls demanding a ransom of Tk 5 lakh, informing them of her kidnapping, and continuously threatening to withdraw the General Diary (GD) filed with the police station.

The entire family is living in deep insecurity due to this incident.

The missing student’s name is Mithila. She is a class 11 student of the local Bepza Public School and College.

According to family sources, Mithila left her home in her college uniform on the morning of the incident, just like on other days. But she did not return home even after the afternoon and evening. Her relatives searched everywhere and at the homes of her close relatives, but could not find her. Mithila’s family was forced to file a GD at the Bandar Police Station.

Mysterious telephone calls began immediately after the GD was filed.

The missing student’s brother Hridoy said that they received a call from an unknown Brilliant Apps VoIP number. The phone directly threatened that Mithila would be killed if she did not withdraw her GD. At the same time, a ransom of 5 lakh taka was demanded to get her back.

Although the family agreed to pay some money, the gang did not specify a specific location or method of transferring the money, raising doubts about whether this was an organized kidnapping or the work of an opportunistic fraud ring.

When asked about the incident, Chittagong Port Police Station Officer-in-Charge (OC) Md. Abdur Rahim said on the evening of September 16 that the police have been working to rescue Mithila since the GD was filed.

He further mentioned that the issue of ransom demands and threats is being investigated with utmost seriousness. Efforts are being made to identify the culprits with the help of modern technology and it will be possible to rescue the girl safely very soon.