Police in a drive rescued a seven-year-old boy from a remote area in Bandarban district on Friday after he was kidnapped on Wednesday.
Shahidullah Kaisar, superintendent of Bandarban police, said five-six miscreants swooped on the house of Saudi expatriate Saiful Islam at Rangajhiri in Naikhongchari upazila and abducted the boy at gunpoint on Wednesday night.
Saiful鈥檚 wife Shaheda, their son and 11-year-old-daughter were alone at the house at that time.
Later, they demanded Tk聽10 lakh from Shaheda as ransom for releasing her son.
A general diary was lodged in this connection.
Later, a team of police on Friday arrested a member of the kidnapping gang in the district with the help of technology.
Following the confessional statement of the arrested person, police rescued the boy from a remote area of the district.
