Police in Feni recovered the body of a child from a pond in Amanullahpur area of Daganbhuiyan municipality on Monday morning, two days after the child went missing and a ransom was demanded. The deceased, Hasan, was the son of Md. Tarek and Tarjina Akter Nipu from Kamalnagar in Lakshmipur district.

According to Hasan’s father, the child disappeared from in front of their house on Saturday morning. Later that evening, a call came from the number 01927035603 demanding Tk 12,000 initially and later Tk 120,000 as ransom, with threats to kill the child if the demand was not met. A written complaint was filed at Daganbhuiyan Police Station the following day.

Officer-in-Charge Muhammad Faizul Azim said police recovered the body after receiving information on Monday morning. He added that the ransom call appeared to be the work of a fraud group and that the threatening phone number was traced to Naogaon. Investigation is ongoing.