Dhaka, April 24 -- Police have rescued three Sri Lankan nationals from Bagerhat's Mollahat Upazila. The three had come to Bangladesh on a visit at the invitation of a friend they had made on social media.

Three people - including the person who sent them the invitation - have been detained on suspicion of involvement in the abduction.

The three Sri Lankans were found at the home of Emdad Kazi at South Ambari village in the Upazila around midnight on Wednesday, according to Md Touhidul Arif, superintendent of police for Bagerhat.

The visitors were identified as Malavi Pathirana aka Nihal Anondo, Pathirana aka Tikiri Kumarihami and Thuppi Mudiansila Nil. Details on the relationship between them were not immediately available.

The detain...