Beanpole: Police rescued a teenage girl from Bhandaria upazila in Pirojpur district on Thursday night, 35 days after she had been abducted from Jessore.

Police also arrested a  man, Al‐Amin, in his twenties, of Gaherpur village in Sadar upazila of Jessore, on charge of his involvement in abducting Surma Akter, 14, daughter of Masud Mondal of Singhakhali village in Bhandaria upazila of Pirojpur.

Hayat Mahmud, sub‐inspector of Jessore Kotwali Model Police Station, said the victim’s family used to live in Gaherpur of Sadar upazila in Jessore.

On 28 December, Al‐Amin allegedly abducted Surma from near her house and took her to Bhandaria upazila in Pirojpur.

Later, Firoza Begum, mother of the victim, filed a case with Jessore Kotwali Model Police Station accusing Al‐Amin and his friend Belal on Wednesday.

Police then conducted a drive in the area and rescued Surma from a house and arrested Al‐Amin on Thursday night.