Brief by Shorts91 Newsdesk / 07:43pm on 30 Jun 2026,Tuesday International
A 25-year-old Hindu priest and law student, Subhash Deuri, was allegedly kidnapped, held captive overnight, tortured and forced to extort money from his own family before being abandoned on a roadside in Dhaka, Bangladesh, according to bdnews24.com. Friends found him with serious injuries in the Narinda area early Tuesday and rushed him to Dhaka Medical College Hospital's emergency department. Deuri is a student at Dhaka Central Law College and has been serving as an assistant priest at the central temple of Jagannath University, where he performed daily religious rituals. His family detailed the alleged ordeal after his rescue, raising concerns over the brutal kidnapping and extortion case in the capital. (PC: India Today)
