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| Nasaka abducts 7 Bangladeshi fishermen |
| 2009-10-17 |
| [Bangla Daily Star] Members of Nasaka, the border security force of Myanmar, kidnapped seven Bangladeshi fishermen and took away their boat from the Naf River at Teknaf of Cox's Bazar. The abducted are Md Alam, 22, and Monir Ahmed, 30, sons of Sona Ali of Pallan Para village, Abdur Razzaq, son of Abdul Hossain, Karim Ullah, 25, son of Abdus Sukkur, Hamid Hossain, 30, son of Abul Bashar, Hafez Ahmed, 40, son of Noor Muhammad, and Nozim Ullah, 22, son of Shamsul Alam of the same village. Four other fishermen Ismail, 32, Jakaria, 20, Noor Kabir, 25, Kamal, 25, jumped into the river and swam to the shore. Returning home they informed the families and BDR about the abduction. They said they were fishing within the Bangladesh boundary on Thursday at around 11:00pm. The Nasaka members by an engine boat turned up and kidnapped the fishermen at gunpoint. Family members of the abducted fishermen yesterday morning informed the BDR authorities about the kidnapping incident. Lieutenant Colonel Muzammel Hossain, commander of Teknaf 42 Rifles Battalion, said they came to know about the incident through an application submitted by the fishermen. "We will send a letter to the Nasaka to send back the fishermen, " he said. |
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