A teacher of Comilla University was abducted by a group posing as Uber riders and robbed of Tk 97,500 while travelling from Cumilla to Dhaka.

The victim, Abdur Razzak Sohel, a lecturer at the university’s Mass Communication and Journalism Department, filed a case with Cumilla Sadar South Police Station on Thursday against four unidentified people.

The incident occurred in the Kotbari Bishwaroad area of Cumilla.

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The criminals later took him to Daudkandi where they looted cash and money from his mobile banking accounts before releasing him.

According to the victim, he went to the Kotbari area on Wednesday afternoon in a colleague’s private car for urgent work.

He was waiting for a bus to Dhaka when a private car stopped in front of him.

A man in the car asked if he had called an Uber.

Although he said he had not, the man claimed his photo appeared on the app.

When he tried to check the matter, three other people in the car forced him inside.

The attackers beat him on the chest and head during the abduction.

They later took him to an ATM booth of Islami Bank Bangladesh Limited near Abid Market in Daudkandi.

There they withdrew Tk 80,000 from his account in four transactions of Tk 20,000 each.

The criminals also took Tk 15,000 from his wallet and around Tk 2,500 from his mobile banking account.

Before releasing him, they removed the SIM card from his phone and reset the device.

Sohel said the attackers threatened to burn him with acid and make him unconscious with chemicals.

They later dropped him from the car and warned him not to look back, saying they would shoot if he did.

Mohammad Sirajul Islam, Officer in Charge of Cumilla Sadar South Police Station, said a case has been filed against four unidentified people.

“Police are investigating the incident and trying to arrest those involved,” he added.