Criminals abducted an Awami League leader from Bandarban Sadar upazila on Wednesday night, said police. The victim is Chaw Thowai Mong Marma, vice-president of Bandarban town unit AL. He is also a former commissioner of ward-5 in Bandarban town. Quoting the victim’s wife, Shahidul Islam, officer-in-charge of Sadar Police Station, said at gunpoint, some criminals picked up Chaw from his farmhouse near Uji Headman Para around 8:45pm.