Overview
- Friends found 25-year-old Subhash Deuri unconscious in Old Dhaka in the early hours of Tuesday and took him to Dhaka Medical College Hospital where he remains in critical condition.
- Family members say unidentified men abducted Deuri late Monday, physically and mentally tortured him, stripped him and forced him to call relatives to demand a ransom.
- Deuri’s sister received a call demanding 30,000 Bangladeshi taka and about 26,000 taka was transferred to an account provided by the callers before Deuri was abandoned on the street.
- Friends who brought him to hospital reported his mobile phone and wallet were missing and said attackers threatened to post videos to extort payment.
- Local groups have pressed for details and police have begun gathering information but officials have not confirmed a motive or whether a formal complaint was filed.