Prime accused Lamin sent to jail in Uttara schoolgirl abduction case

A court in Dhaka on Tuesday sent to jail Lamin Islam, the prime accused in a case filed over the abduction of a schoolgirl from her father in the city’s Uttara area.

Dhaka Metropolitan Magistrate Dilruba Afroz Tithi passed the order as police produced Lamin before the court after the end of his one-day remand in the case and pleaded to keep him behind bars till the end of probe.

Police on May 1 arrested Lamin Islam from Pubail in Gazipur and rescued the girl from his custody.

The court of Dhaka Metropolitan Magistrate Arifur Rahman on May 4 placed him on one-day remand.

According to the case documents, the 10th grader was returning home with her father after attending exams on April 22. When they reached the Road-5 intersection in Uttara Sector-6 under Uttara East Police Station, Lamin and his associates allegedly intercepted them and abducted the girl in broad daylight.

The victim’s father later filed the case in this connection.