Youth rescued, kidnapper nabbed

In a kidnapping case where two youth Amin Ali(25) and Shankar Das (28) went missing after both of them left for Goreswar from Tangla railway station on Sunday last. The same day the family members of the both the youth received a series of telephonic calls for ransom. The callers demanded father of the youth Amin Ali Kasim Ali(52 ) an amount of 1.6 lakhs and family members of Shankar Das Rs.50 thousand for the safe release of their kins.

Accordingly Kasim Ali a mason by profession lodged an F.I.R at Tangla P.S on the same night while family members of Shankar refrained from filling any F.I.R in fear of the safe return of their kin. Tangla police under SDPO Bhergaon tracked the mobile number of the abductor and accordingly on Monday a team of Udalguri police left for Bongaigaon.Under the joint operation of Udalguri police and Bongaigaon police one Shahijudin Sheikh (31) S/O Phulu Sheikh a resident of Durgamari village under Vidyapur Out-post of Bongaigaon was nabbed. Meanwhile getting tip-off the other abductors released both the youths who returned to their home on Tuesday.

Talking to Assam Times, SDPO Bhergaon Pranjal Borah said "The Durgamari area of Bongaigaon is a illegal smugglers hub of tockay geckoy lizards and feral human bones we are investigating the case" As per reports and statement of the accused the abducted youths were kept at Dhulmara Bazaar area under Kokrajhar district.

The accused confessed to his involvement and named Anwar Hussain,Rahman Ali ,Jakir Sheikh,Aminul Sheikh of the same village as his friends involved in the kidnapping.Bongaigaon Police have launched a man-hunt to nabb the others. An Case Tangla PS vide Case No.48/16 under IPC u/s 364A has been lodged an the accused Shahijudin Sheikh has been remanded to 5 days police custody by Rajesh Bodo Sub-divisional judicial magistrate of Udalguri district court on Wednesday.