DHAKA, May 04, 2026 (BSS) - A court here today placed Lamin Islam, the prime accused in a case filed over the abduction of a schoolgirl from in front of her father in the city's Uttara area, on a one-day remand.

Dhaka Metropolitan Magistrate Arifur Rahman passed the order as police produced the accused before the court and pleaded to place him on a five-day remand in the case.

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

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.