Woman, son hurt in bomb attack

A gang of criminals, who realised ransom from a contractor abducting his son, made a bomb attack on his house yesterday injuring the boy and his mother in the capital’s Jurain.

The criminals attacked the house of contractor Jahangir Alam at about 1:00pm after locals came to know about the abduction of his 14-year-old son Faisal Ahmed on Thursday.

They looted valuables and escaped the scene exploding two bombs.

Injured Reena Begum and Faisal were admitted to Dhaka Medical College Hospital with severe burn wounds.

Reena said, “Local criminals Sajal, Dipu, Masum, Abu and another unknown person kidnapped my son on Thursday evening while he was returning home. They took him to an abandoned house and made a phone call demanding a ransom of Tk 50,000.

“They released my son two hours after we gave them Tk 7,000 and a mobile phone set worth Tk 20,000. They threatened us with dire consequences if we disclose it to anyone,” she said.

Reena said they did not inform police about the event. But some of their neighbours came to know about the incident and told some of the criminals’ family members about it.

“It infuriated the criminals. They attacked our house and looted a gold chain, a mobile phone set and other valuables,” she said.

Reena said they first exploded a bomb targeting Faisal and then another as she tried to stop them.

None was arrested with links to the incident, said police.

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