11 kids rescued from suspected trafficker

Residents of the capital's Pallabi area caught a man and handed over to law enforcers as he was transporting 11 kids aged between eight months and 10 years in a CNG run auto-rickshaw from a local slum last evening.
Police arrested Khokon and seized his auto-rickshaw.
The rescued children are Faisal, 8, Mansura, 6, Seema, 8, Meem, 6, eight-month-old Asif, Sajib, 7, Sagar, 10, nine-month-old Rabbi, Suman, 4, Sujan, 7, and Johnnie, 9. Seema, Meem, and Asif are siblings.
Police said Khokon convinced the children playing at Muslim Camp, a slum in Pallabi, to go with him after alluring them with the prospect of getting chocolates and other delicious foods around 6:30pm.
As the children agreed Khokon asked them to get in his three-wheeler and they followed his instruction.
When the three-wheeler reached Baitul Quddus Jam-e Mosque area, around half a kilometre away from the slum, a child fell from the auto-rickshaw alarming local residents about the unusual incident.
The local people stopped the three-wheeler and wanted to know what was going on, and Khokon failed to give a satisfactory answer.
The mob then beat Khokon up and handed him over to police. Police later handed over the children to their guardians.
A case was filed with Mirpur police station in connection with the incident.
"Khokon told us that he was giving the children a ride," Officer-in-charge of Mirpur Police Station Mohiuddin Mahmood told The Daily Star.
He said they suspect Khokon was stealing the children for trafficking. Khokon is a resident of Mirpur-14 area.