Police arrested four persons for realising Tk 1.85 lakh from an apparel businessman after he was abducted on October 7.

Though police produced the arrestees with a remand prayer before a court on Tuesday, it sent them to jail fixing Wednesday for the hearing in this connection.

Md Kamrul Islam, officer-in-charge of South Surma Police Station, confirmed the matter to UNB.   

Police had arrested them from Humayun Rashid Chattar in South Surma upazila by Monday, but only disclosed the matter today.  

The arrestees are Md Tamij Ali, 40, son of late Abdus Samad of Chhatak upazila, Topu Ranjan Dev, 35, son of late Romendra Narayan Dev of Kotwali, Md Sajjad Mia, 45, son of late Anrej Mia and Md Nayon Mia, 35, son of late Sheikh Majid Mia of an area under Sylhet airport police station.

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Police said the apparel businessman had been waiting for a bus to take him to Dhaka in front of the Al Safa Rest House, located within the upazila, around 5am on October 7.

That’s when four persons riding two motorbikes abducted him and took him to a rest house in Zindabazar of the city, asking for Tk 3 lakh as ransom, the police said.

The abductors were able to get Tk 85,000 off him, at the same time targeting his wife and pressuring her into transferring another Tk 1 lakh to them.

After receiving the amount, the kidnappers released him around 2am on October 8.

OC Kamrul said they arrested the abductors on Monday after the victim filed a case in this connection.