Daily Star 19 July 2002

UPDF activists abduct 2 jeep drivers in Rangamati

Our Correspondent, Rangamati


Two jeep drivers were abducted allegedly by the activists of United People's Democratic Front (UPDF) from Tarabunia under Kawkhali police station of the district yesterday.

Police said some armed activists of UPDF stopped the jeeps near Tarabunia bridge at about 8 in the morning and abducted jeep drivers Abdus Sattar, 26, and Nona Mia, 27, at gunpoint.


The jeeps were carrying passengers to Kawkhali from Rangamati district headquarters.


The UPDF activists have long been demanding illegal tolls from the drivers of all transports that ply the way, police added.