Dhaka, July 19 -- Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) members have arrested three suspected extortionists for torturing a man and his son after kidnapping them in the capital's Kalyanpur area.

The arrestees were Md Billal, 35, Md Jumman, 30, and Sheikh Md Faisal, 35.

They were arrested during a drive in Darus Salam area on Saturday, said RAB-4 Company Commander Additional Superintendent of Police K N Roy Niyoti at a press briefing at the battalion headquarters in the capital on Sunday.

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According to RAB, victim Md Mahfuzur Rahman, a businessman and resident of Sabujbagh, was returning home on a motorbike with his son from a relative's house in Mohammadpur shortly after 12:30 am on July 2.

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