Human trafficking gang busted in N’ganj
Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) claimed to have arrested eight members of a human trafficking gang from different parts of the city. Rab said the group used to traffic women to different clubs and bars in Middle East.
The arrestees are: Shahab Uddin (37), proprietor of Dhanshiri Travel Agency; Ridoy Ahmed (35), Md Mamun (24), Swapan Hossain (20), Md Shipan (22), Rizvi Hossain (27), Musa alias Jibon (28), and Shilpi Akhter (27).
They were held in drives conducted by the elite force, Alep Uddin, additional superintendent of police of Rab-11, told The Daily Star.
Rab also rescued two women and seized 39 passports, 66 passport photocopies, 18 air tickets, and 19 mobile phones during the drives, the Rab official said.
“Shahab had direct links with different dance clubs and bars in Middle East. He used to traffic women with false promises of getting them jobs abroad,” Alep Uddin said.
Women aged between 15 and 25 were their primary targets, he added. The gang had trafficked a few hundred women over the last two years, the official said.
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