Four farmers have been allegedly abducted by miscreants from a hill in Teknaf upazila of Cox's Bazar on Sunday.
Those abducted are Abdus Salam, Abdur Rahman, Muhib Ullah and Abdul Hakim of the Lechuaprang area of the Hnila union.
Abdus Salam's younger brother, Munshi Rafiq, said that his brothers along with others were sleeping in a makeshift hut on their farmlands after driving away wild elephants from their cornfield on Saturday night.
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They were supposed to return in the morning but none of the four returned home till 10am.
The miscreants kidnapped them at gunpoint, he claimed.
Police have been informed over the abduction, said Rashedul Mahmud Ali, chairman of Hnila union parishad.
Md Abdul Halim, officer-in-charge (OC) of Teknaf police station said they are investigating the matter.