Abducted Bangladeshi priest free
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| Father Walter William Rozario.- RV |
A Bangladeshi Catholic priest who was abducted in
the north-east on Monday, ahead of the visit of Pope Francis to the country,
was found alive in Sylhet city on Friday.
Father Walter William Rozario is said to have
fled from his kidnappers and got in touch with his family, his elder brother
Bimal Rozariao told Star Online. Bimal said Fr. Walter contacted their
younger brother Amol Rozario from Shyamoli bus stop in Sylhet’s South Surma
upazila (sub-district).
Vatican reporter in Dhaka, Sartre Xavier who has been in
touch with the assistant parish priest of Fr. Walter, said Fr. Walter’s elder
brother and the police have talked to the assistant parish priest about the
rescue.
Biblop Bijoy Talukdar, superintendent of police in
Natore District, said a joint team of Natore and Sylhet police recued Fr.
Walter from the bus stop Friday afternoon.
The 41-year old parish priest of Maria Virgo Potens
Church, went missing in the evening of Nov. 27. Sources
in the parish told UCANEWS.com said the priest who is the headmaster of
church-run St. Louis High School at Borni, was engaged in
preparing for the Pope’s visit. On Nov. 27, Father Walter went to the
Bonpara Christian stronghold area to oversee printing of a souvenir magazine
dedicated to two local deacons who were ordained by Pope
Francis in Dhaka on Dec. 1. He disappeared on his way back to his
parish by motorbike. Local Church officials filed a police report on the
disappearance.
On Wednesday, his family members said that the abductors
demanded Tk300,000 as ransom over mobile phone for release of
the priest.
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