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DHAKA, May 5, 2026 (BSS) - A court here today sent to jail Lamin Islam, the prime accused in a case filed over the abduction of a schoolgirl from her father in the city’s Uttara area.

Dhaka Metropolitan Magistrate Dilruba Afroz Tithi passed the order as police produced Lamin before the court after end of his one-day remand in the case and pleaded to keep him behind bars till the end of probe.

Police on May 1 arrested Lamin Islam from Pubail in Gazipur and rescued the girl from his custody.

The court of Dhaka Metropolitan Magistrate Arifur Rahman on May 4 placed him on one-day remand.

According to the case documents, the 10th grader was returning home with her father after attending exams on April 22. When they reached the Road-5 intersection in Uttara Sector-6 under Uttara East Police Station, Lamin and his associates allegedly intercepted them and abducted the girl in broad daylight.

The victim’s father later filed the case in this connection.