Three people were arrested on the charge of extorting Tk 1 lakh by holding 2 college students hostage at the science college intersection area of Sirajganj's Ullapara municipal area.
The arrestees are Babu Talukder, 39, son of Md Tipu Talukder Rifat, 24 son of Mintu Talukder and Rahat 36, son of Md Israfil Talukder.
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Ullapara Model Police Station Officer-in-Charge (OC) Md. Nazrul Islam confirmed this information on Saturday afternoon.
He said that Arifur Rahman, a student of Sirajganj Government College, and his girlfriend, a student of the same college, were sitting at a coffee house in the Ullapara Science College area on Thursday evening.
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At that time, 6/7 people harassed them and took pictures of them. At one stage, they took them hostage and demanded Tk 2.5 lakh.
Arifur’s family members were forced to give Tk 1 lakh in the face of their demands.
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Later, police rushed to the spot after getting a phone call from the national emergency number 999 and conducted a drive in the area at night and arrested them, added the OC.
A case was filed against 5 named and 3/4 unnamed people following a complaint lodged by Arifur.
“Efforts are on to arrest the rest of the culprits,” said the police officer.