Jhenaidah, Jan. 31 -- Police arrested two people in Jhenaidah's Harinakundu upazila on allegations of abducting a madrasa student and selling him to a hijra community in Bhola district.

The arrestees are Sumon, son of Shariful Islam of Mandartala village, and his wife Shyamoli Khatun.

According to police sources, Isarullah alias Riyad, 12, is a student of Shitoli Rokeya Khatun Hafizia Madrasa.

On January 23, 2026, he was allegedly forced into a microbus from the Shitoli field area while going to the madrasa in the morning.

He was later sold to a hijra community in Bhola, according to the complaint.

Riyad's grandfather, Shamsul Rahman, filed a case with Harinakundu Police Station under the Women and Children Repression Prevention Act....