News desk: Police res-cued poet and columnist Farhad Mazhar from Nayapara in Abhaynagar upazila yesterday night, over 18 hours after he was reportedly kidnapped from the capital, reports UNB.
A police team rescued him from a ‘Hanif Paribahan' bus around 11:30 pm while returning to Dhaka from Khulna, said officer-in-charge of Abhaynagar Police Station Anisur Rahman.
Earlier in the early hours yesterday, Farhad Mazhar was reportedly kidnapped by unknown miscreants from Adabar area in the capital. Quoting family members, Mohsin, a sub-inspector of Adabar Police Station, said Farhad Mazhar came out of his residence, ‘Haq Garden', at Adabar Link Road after receiving a phone call around 5 am.
His wife later got a phone call from the unknown miscreants demanding Tk 35 lakh as ransom for his release,
he said. Having failed to know the whereabouts of Farhad Mazhar till 10 am, his family members went to Adabar Police Station and informed the police about it.
A team of Rapid Action Battalion also conducted a drive in Shibbari area of Khulna city in the evening to rescue Farhad Mazhar.
