Abducted engineer’s body found in Keraniganj

Police today recovered in Keraniganj the body of an engineer who was abducted on Wednesday.

The victim, Siddiqul Ahmed, 65, was an engineer of Bitco Group, police said.

Dakkhin Keraniganj Thana Sub-Inspector (SI) Shariful Islam said Siddiqul was abducted on Wednesday evening when he was returning home from his office in Bashundhara Riverview area.

Later, a stranger made calls from mobile phone to Siddiqul’s son Nurul Islam and Bitco Group Managing Director Didarul Alam and demanded ransom. The caller threatened them not to inform police of the matter, he added.

The body was sent to Mitford Hospital in Dhaka for autopsy. A case was filed in this connection.