Fresh abduction sparks protest in Narayanganj

After the body recovery of seven abductees in Narayanganj, now a businessman has been kidnapped sparking fresh street protests in the district.
Vehicular movement on Dhaka-Chittagong highway remain suspended for an hour till 1:00pm as locals put barricades at different points protesting the abduction.
Saiful Islam, 35, went out of his Siddhirganj residence on business purpose around 9:00pm yesterday.
Since then, he remains missing, said Md Zakaria, addition superintendent of police in Narayanganj quoting the victim's relatives.
A missing complaint was lodged with Siddhirganj Police Station this morning, said Abdul Matin, officer-in-charge of the police station.
The victim’s family however claimed that the kidnappers have demanded Tk 10 lakh as ransom over mobile phone in the morning.
As the abduction news spread in the city in the morning, several hundred people took to the streets in Sanarpard area at noon demanding immediate rescue of the “kidnapped” businessman.
The agitators freed the highway after police negotiated and convinced them of removing the barricades.
The bodies of Narayanganj city councillor Nazrul Islam, senior lawyer Chandan Sarkar and five others were found floating in the Shitalakkhya river on Wednesday and Thursday.
They were kidnapped in broad daylight in Narayanganj on Sunday.