, Aug. 28 -- Seven fishermen were allegedly kidnapped by forest robbers from separate places under Satkhira range in the Sundarbans.

The kidnapped fishermen were Ibrahim Sardar, Abdul Hakim, Sujit Munda, Sattar Gazi, Akinur, , Bulbul Gazi, and Arafat Hossain of Shyamnagar upazila of Satkhira district.

Humayun Kabir Molla, officer-in-charge of Shyamnagar Police Station, said the forest robbers numbering six-seven kidnapped four fishermen from Dargang River and three others from Hogol Dokra canal and Kali canal in the past two days while they were busy in repairing their boats and nets.

Quoting Sujon Munda, a fishermen who returned after paying ransom, Abdul Hamid Laltu, a member of Ramjannagar Union Parishad, said, 'Munna Bahini' gang k...