CID arrests alleged ringleader of a human trafficking gang

Criminal Investigation Department arrested an alleged ringleader of human trafficking gang on charges of raping a girl and attempting to traffic the victim to India in November last year.

A team of CID arrested Mohemunuzzaman, also known by the names Pratik Khandaker and Babu, from Chattogram yesterday, Sheikh Md Rezaul Haider, an additional deputy inspector general of CID, told reporters at a press briefing at its headquarters today.

He was the prime accused in a case filed with Sabujbagh Police Station last year.

Earlier, three other accused -- Jannatul alias Jerin, Rifat and Jakia -- were arrested and the victim, a 14-year-old girl, was rescued from the Benapole border area in Jashore.

CID officials said Mohemunuzzaman and Jerin, identifying themselves as a couple, took sublet in the victim' flat at Madartake area and develop a good relation with the family.

The gang then lured the victim's mother with a high salaried job for the girl in Malaysia. In November last year, they took the girl to Benapole and raped her.

They attempted to traffic her in India but police on information rescued the victim from their den, they said.

Mohemunuzzaman was on the run since the incident.

CID officials said Mohemunuzzaman and Jerin once worked in a hotel in Malaysia and got involved in the human trafficking gang when they returning home five years back.