Six Children Abducted in Teknaf, Two Escape

In Teknaf, Cox’s Bazar, six children were abducted while playing. Two of them managed to escape, but four remain in captivity. The incident occurred on Sunday (30 December) evening in South Shilkhali Purbopara of Baharchhara Union.

The missing children are Mamun (17), son of Ochiur Rahman; Anwar Hossain (14), son of Abul Kashem; Gias Uddin (15), son of Md. Islam; and Abu Bakkar Siddique (13), son of Md. Hasan. The two who escaped are Ismail (17), son of Md. Abdullah, and Shahin (13), son of Ayub Ali.

Hafiz Ahmad, a member of Ward 4 of Baharchhara Union Parishad, said that around 7 pm, several children were playing when a group of armed men came down from the hills and abducted six children, taking them into a remote hilly area. The two children later escaped and informed locals. Police have visited the site and are working to rescue the remaining children.

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