<div style="text-align: justify; "><span style="font-size: 1rem;"><b>The abducted manager of Sonali Bank's Ruma branch in Bandarban was rescued through the mediation of the Rapid Action Battalion on Thursday.</b></span><br></div><div style="text-align: justify; "><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">The bank manager, Nizam Uddin, was rescued on Thursday, confirmed ASP Imran Khan of RAB headquarters media wing.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Earlier in the day, Nizam Uddin’s wife, Nazmul Nahar, said the armed separatist group Kuki-Chin National Front (KNF) demanded Tk 15 lakh from his family as ransom.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Nahar, a teacher of Bandarban Cantonment Public School and College, revealed the matter to the media shortly after she received a phone call from the KNF.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">As part of the criminal activities, the separatist group kidnapped the Sonali Bank manager on April 2 and looted Tk 1.5 crore from the Ruma branch.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">The incident occurred during Taraweeh prayers. The robbers looted 14 weapons from the Ansar members guarding the bank and abducted bank manager Nizam from the mosque on the bank premises.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">They carried out robberies at Sonali Bank and Krishi Bank branches in Thanchi upazila, Bandarban, on Wednesday, in a similar incident at a Sonali Bank branch in Ruma upazila. - UNB</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify; ">bnbd24/fas</div>