Miscreants reportedly kidnapped eight people from a stream inside a hill in Jahajpura ward no 6 under Cox’s Bazar’s Teknaf upazila on Sunday.
The kidnappers have demanded Tk 3 lakh for each of them as ransom, said family members.
Those kidnapped are Mohammad Ullah, son of Rashid Ahmad, Mostafa Kamal, son of Syed Amir, Md Ridwan, son of Mamataj Mia, Selim Ullah, son of Rustam Ali, Krim Ullah, son of Syed Amir, Nurul Haque, son of Kader Hossain, Nur Mohammad, son of Nurul Haque and Md Absar, son of Rashid Ahmad.
All of them are residents of Jahajpura ward of the upazila.
Jahajpura No 6 ward member Md Rafiqul Islam said eight people including three college students went to catch fish from the hilly stream when they were kidnapped by armed miscreants.
Md Abdul Halim, Officer-in-Charge (OC) of Teknaf Model Police Station, said that a large police team has been conducting a drive to find out the miscreants.
“We’ll conduct combing operation if necessary if we can get the location of the miscreants,” said the OC.
