Lalmonirhat: Rapid Action Battalion (RAB)-13 arrested the main abductor and rescued the victim schoolgirl from the Teesta Bus Stand area under Sadar police station of Lalmonirhat district on Monday night. The arrested abductor is Md Bakul Mia, 35, son of Md Apiar Rahman of village Khuniagach (Alutari) under Sadar police station of Lalmonirhat district, a press release said here this afternoon.
According to Bangladesh Sangbad Sangstha, the victim, who is from the same area, is a student of class 10. After being married, the arrested accused had been alluring the victim to marry him for a long time. When the victim became upset and informed her parents, her father forbade the arrested accused from continuing the misdeed. However, the accused grew angry and began threatening the victim in various ways.
On January 30, 2026, at 11:00 am, the arrested accused, along with his accomplices, forcibly kidnapped the victim from the Sarpukur area in the nearby Aditmari police station while she was returning home from a private tutor’s house. Subsequently, the victim’s father filed an abduction case with Aditmari police station of Lalmonirhat on February 3, 2026.
Since the incident, the accused had been in hiding to avoid arrest. Acting on a tip-off, a team of RAB-13 from Rangpur conducted a raid and arrested the main accused, Md Bakul Mia, and rescued the victim from the Teesta Bus Stand under Lalmonirhat Sadar Police Station at 7:30 pm on Monday. The victim and the accused have been handed over to Aditmari police station of Lalmonirhat for further legal action.