A college student, who was abducted on February 23, was found dead at Shibganj Maheshpur in Sadar upazila of Thakurgaon district early Thursday, despite his family paid Tk 25 lakh in ransom.

Milon Hossain, son of Panjab Ali of Chapapara village in Pirganj upazila was abducted by his friend Sejan Ali on February 23 and the kidnappers  demanded Tk 3 lakh as ransom from the family of Milon.

As Milon’s family agreed to pay the ransom, the kidnappers  demanded Tk 5 lakh, then Tk 10 and then Tk 15 lakh. Later, they realised Tk 25 lakh as ransom from the family of Milon on March 9.

As per the instruction of the abductors, Milon’s father threw the bag containing ransom money from the moving Dhaka-bound  intercity train ‘Ekota Expres’ from Panchagarh at Senua.

After getting the ransom money, the abductors asked Milon’s family to take Milon from Dinajpur Rail Station.

As they failed to get Milon after giving ransom money, Milon’s father lodged a complaint with the local police station.

With the help of the technology, police arrested Sejan Ali, 28, son of Matier Rahman, Murad, 25, son of Saiful Islam and Ratna Akter Riva, 19, daughter of Abdur Razzak in this connection on Wednesday, said Mamunur Rashid, officer-in-charge of Thakurgaon DB police.

Following interrogation, police recovered the body of Milon from an abandoned toilet in Shibganj Maheshpur in Sadar upazila of the district early Thursday.

Police also recovered Tk 4.97 lakh from the possession of Murad.

Angered by the incident, local people besieged the office of local administration on Thursday afternoon demanding capital punishment of the killers.

The agitated locals also blocked Thakurgaon intersection in Thakurgaon district town, halting vehicular movement for two hours.

Meanwhile, a angry mob carried out an attack on the house and shop of the prime accused Sejan and vandalised those. They also set the house of Sejan on fire.

Sejan’s mother Sheuli Begum was detained  by police when she tried to resist the locals.