Demanding 50,000 as ransom for release of each fisherman
Pirates kidnapped 15 fishermen and looted valuables worth Tk 5 lakh from 15 trawlers in costal Vedakhali area under Sharankhola uapzila here on Wednesday night.
Witnesses said, a gang of 20/25 pirates of infamous Raju Bahini swooped on the fishing trawlers and looted fishing nets, fishes, leaving 10 fishermen wounded at around 8:00 pm.
They kidnapped 15 fishermen along with one trawler and demanded Tk 50,000 as ransom for release of each fisherman.
The pirates also threatened to kill the kidnapped fishermen if their demand is not met within a week, Sundarbans east zone divisional forest officer (DFO) Mihir Kumar De said.
The kidnapped fishermen hail from Bagerhat, Barguna and Bhola districts.
Earlier, on September 10, infamous Al-Amin Bahini kidnapped 45 fishermen along with seven trawlers and looted fishes and fishing nets from 50 trawlers worth about Tk 25 lakh from Fearway Boya, Meher Alir Char, Kochikhali and Narikelbaria areas under the upazila.
Source: The Daily Star
