2 NGO workers abducted, tortured in Cumilla

Wed Mar 19, 2025 03:48 AM

Two NGO workers, including a woman, were abducted, tortured, and extorted by four men in Cumilla’s Chandina upazila on Monday night, police said.

The men of Tulatoli village allegedly electrocuted the male victim after tying him to a tree and stripped the female victim naked on camera.

They also used the footage to blackmail her family into giving them Tk 20,000.

Locals heard the victims’ screams and rescued them around 11:00pm. They were later taken to the Chandina Upazila Health Complex.

A case was filed at Chandina Police Station yesterday, accusing four men of extortion, said Nazmul Huda, officer-in-charge of the police station.

The accused are on the run, he said without revealing their identities.