Murder in Libya: Nine cohorts of abductors held in Dhaka

Detective Branch (DB) of Police and Criminal Investigation Department (CID) have arrested nine people from different areas of the capital in connection with human trafficking and the killing of 26 Bangladeshis in Libya.

DB arrested six people on Saturday and Sunday in two separate cases filed with Paltan and Tejgaon police stations.

The arrestees are: Badsha Mia, Jahangir Mia, Akbar Hossain, Sujan Mia, Nazmul Hasan and Liaquat Sheikh Alias Lipu.

The DB teams also recovered four passports, two mobile phones and two notebooks.

Earlier on May 28, 26 Bangladeshis were shot dead and eleven others seriously injured by a group of criminals in Libya.

Abdul Baten, additional commissioner of DMP, said the victims were detained in various camps and subjected to "inhumane" torture.

The perpetrators used to record appalling videos of torturing the victims and send those to their relatives in Bangladesh with a ransom demand, he said, adding that thus they have extorted millions from the victims' families.

The DB teams arrested the suspects based on information provided by victims' relatives.

Of the arrestees, Akbar sent seven among the 26 victims to Libya, Baten said.

Another arrestee Badsha Mia had been in Libya for the last 13 years and he has his camps there in the cities of Zuwarah and Benghazi, claimed Abdul Baten.

Jahangir mostly used to operate from Dhaka and manage visas for the workers, said the additional commissioner.

Arrestee Sujan sent three people to Libya, the additional commissioner said, adding that two of them are missing and one is undergoing treatment at a Libyan hospital.

Sujan gave a confessional statement before a Dhaka court on Sunday.

Meanwhile, a CID team arrested three people after conducting a drive in the capital's Gulistan on Sunday night.

The arrestees are Sohag Hossain, Khalid Chowdhury and Mst Sanjida, said Syeda Jannat Ara, special superintendent of CID, while addressing a briefing yesterday.

Jannat Ara without disclosing further details said that they were in the middle of their investigation and hopeful to arrest all the offenders shortly.

CID is investigating 12 out of the 22 cases filed with different police stations across the country regarding the killing of 26 Bangladeshis.