Malda (WB), October 18: A class 11 student who was abducted by a dacoit near the border with Bihar in Malda district of West Bengal has still not been traced, police said today.
Payel Khatun was returning from her private tuition at Pukuria village, some distance from her home, after school on Thursday when she was waylaid by some persons and taken away, police said.
Late at night a ransom of Rs three lakh was demanded over phone from her father Sheikh Rafiql who has landed property worth lakhs, they said.
District Superintendent of Police Bhuban Mondol said Rafiql immediately lodged a complaint with the Ratua police station nearby but the police did not take any action.
Rafiql then requested local Congress MLA Sabitri Mitra to use her good offices after which the police swung into action.
–Agencies