‘Human trafficker’ held in Bhola
Police arrested an alleged human trafficker from his residence in Char Fashion upazila of Bhola early today.
The arrestee, Faruk Hossain, 29, is a resident of Char Mangal village, Shamsul Arefin, officer-in-charge of Shashibhusan Police Station, told our Bhola correspondent.
Following a complaint by locals, police conducted a raid at Faruk’s house around 4:30am and arrested him.
The law enforcers also detained his father Md Selim for interrogation.
During primary interrogation, Faruk confessed to police that he was a member of an “international human trafficking gang”, according to the police.
OC Shamsul said Faruk arranged sending people abroad after taking Tk 3 lakh to Tk 5 lakh.
He sent Bangladeshi people to Saudi Arabia or Malaysia via Nepal, he admitted to the local police, the OC added.
Md Mahiuddin, who is a victim of Faruk’s trafficking tricks, filed a case against the arrestee.
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