Saiful Hossain Milton, a 25-year-old youth who came to Dhaka from Comilla for a job interview, was abducted on December 1 from North Circular Road. The gang then demanded a ransom of Tk 3 lakh from his father, Md Anwar Hossain, a retired officer of the Air Force.

His father informed the police who used some tactics to track down the abductors. According to the advice of the police, his father bargained with the kidnappers over phone and agreed to pay Tk 2 lakh as ransom.

As per direction of the gang, Milton's family members met a member of the gang near the Ananda Cinema at Farmgate at 11:00am yesterday. Soon a team of police who were waiting nearby swooped on the abductor who identified himself as Palash Mia, 25.

During an interrogation, Palash confessed to the abduction and later showed the house where Milton has been kept confined.

Police then raided the house and rescued the victim from the fourth floor of the house.