Two shepherds have gone missing while grazing their cows in Kambniapara hill of Teknaf upazila of Cox’s Bazar. The local representatives believe that the terrorists kidnapped them from the hill on Tuesday afternoon.

The two missing persons are Ali Ahmed (32) son of Amir Hossain of Hoaikung Rozarghona area of the upazila and Noor Mohammad (17) son of Mohammad Feroz of Kambniapara area.

Mohammad Hasan, a member of Ward No. 9 of Hoikang Union Parishad, confirmed the matter and said that two local shepherds went to graze the cows in the mountains this morning. Every day they return with cows in the afternoon. As they did not return until this afternoon, the local people went to the mountains to find the cows, but there was no trace of the two. It is believed that the Rohingya terrorists in the mountains kidnapped them for ransom.

Teknaf Model Police Station Officer-in-Charge Muhammad Osman Gani told Media that no one has informed them about the abduction yet. Action will be taken after inquiry in this regard.

In the last one year, 109 people have been abducted from different areas of Teknaf. 59 of them are local residents, the rest are Rohingya citizens. According to family sources, at least 51 of the kidnapped victims have been released on ransom.