Bangladesh, July 22 -- Police have rescued a 7-year-old girl who was abducted in Chattogram, saying she had been kidnapped by her uncle.

The girl's uncle, Md Faisal, allegedly kept her confined at his rented house while joining other family members in searching for the missing child to avoid suspicion, police said.

The child was rescued near Khetra Bazar of Sarafbhata in Rangunia Upazila on Tuesday night. Police also arrested three people, including Faisal.

The arrestees are Faisal, 32, Md Rakib, 22, and Jahangir Alam, 55.

Faisal is the maternal cousin of the victim's father.

Police said the child is a nursery student at West Sarafbhata Imam Azam Abu Hanifa (R) School in Rangunia.

According to investigators, Faisal took the girl aw...