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Abducted Indian<br />
citizen rescued<br />
from Sherpur<br />
News 11<br />
WEDNESDAY, MAY <strong>17</strong>, 20<strong>17</strong><br />
DT<br />
• SA Shahriar Milton,<br />
Sherpur<br />
Police have rescued an Indian<br />
citizen, for days after he was<br />
abducted from Sunamganj for<br />
ransom.<br />
Dajed Sianlia, <strong>17</strong>, from<br />
Meghalaya’s Nongstoin district<br />
in India, was reported<br />
missing since <strong>May</strong> 12. He was<br />
abducted from the border area<br />
in Sunamganj by Md Alam, 30,<br />
and his associates.<br />
Sherpur’s Jhenaigati police<br />
rescued him Monday night<br />
and arrested Alam.<br />
Police say when Alam and<br />
his associates demanded Rs60<br />
lakh from Dajed’s family, they<br />
informed the Khasi Hill district<br />
police superintendent<br />
regarding the incident, who<br />
then informed the Sherpur<br />
police superintendent seeking<br />
cooperation.<br />
Sherpur Superintendent of<br />
Police Rafiqul Hasan Gani said<br />
that the police had tracked the<br />
mobile phone used by Alam,<br />
and rescued Dajed from Ahmednagar<br />
in Jhenaigati in a<br />
drive conducted on Monday<br />
night.<br />
Additional Superintendent<br />
of Police Aminul Islam<br />
said that a case had been filed<br />
against Alam with Jhenaigati<br />
police for abducting Dajed and<br />
holding him hostage. •<br />
Minister claims<br />
rise in rice prices<br />
is artificial<br />
• Zakir Mostafiz,<br />
Thakurgaon<br />
Rice Minister Qamrul Islam<br />
has claimed that certain quarters<br />
are hatching conspiracy<br />
to increase rice prices in the<br />
aftermath of crop losses in different<br />
regions due to flood and<br />
storms.<br />
‘The national<br />
rice output from<br />
the ongoing<br />
Boro season<br />
(December-<strong>May</strong>)<br />
is likely to stand<br />
at about 1.80<br />
crore tonnes’<br />
“An intriguing quarter is plotting<br />
to create unstable situation<br />
in the country by fabricating<br />
rice crisis. Some dishonest<br />
traders and mill owners are<br />
involved in the destabilisation<br />
of the market,” the minister<br />
said at a views exchange<br />
meeting with field officials<br />
of the Directorate General of<br />
Rice (DGF) yesterday.<br />
The meeting was held at the<br />
conference from of the Deputy<br />
Commissioner’s Office.<br />
“But the plotters will not<br />
succeed as the government is<br />
well prepared to tackle such<br />
situation with formidable<br />
public rice storage,” he added.<br />
Qamrul admitted that it<br />
would take time for the government<br />
to rein in the recent<br />
uptrend of rice prices.<br />
He mentioned that the national<br />
rice output from the<br />
ongoing Boro season (December-<strong>May</strong>)<br />
is likely to stand<br />
at about 1.80 crore tonnes<br />
against the target of 1.91 crore<br />
tonnes because of crop losses<br />
in the storms.<br />
Asked about the allegation<br />
of corruption in wheat procurement,<br />
the rice minister<br />
admitted that the government<br />
had failed to control those<br />
middlemen who were misusing<br />
the farmers’ cards. •
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