Ex-husband planned abduction of female NBR officer: RAB

The former husband of female National Board of Revenue officer Masuma Khatun had planned her abduction from his anger toward her, said the Rapid Action Battalion on Saturday.

The elite force said Harun Or Rashid, a retired government official, involved her former car driver Masud in his plan and later, made him and six others abduct her.

RAB Legal and Media Wing Director Commander Khandaker Al Moin said this in a press conference at its media center in Dhaka's Karwan Bazar area this afternoon.

Earlier, Masuma Khatun, joint commissioner of Tax Zone-2 in Dhaka, was abducted from Moghbazar area in the capital on August 17 night and managed to escape around 18 hours after her abduction.

Later, she filed an abduction case against four people with Ramna Police Station.

RAB arrested three accused - Masud, 42, Abdul Jalil alias Panu, 48, and Hafiz alias Shahni, 48 - early hours of Saturday (August 26).

Masud, the main accused and former car driver of the NBR officer, was sacked on August 1 for personal disciplinary reasons.

The NBR officer is currently receiving treatment at a private hospital in the capital. She suffered major injuries as one of her legs was broken and an eye was critically damaged due to torture.

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