Eight ‘traffickers’ nabbed

Eight involved in human trafficking into India from Bangladesh have been nabbed by police from Dhaka's Jatrabari.

Staff Correspondentbdnews24.com
Published : 15 May 2014, 09:55 AM
Updated : 15 May 2014, 09:55 AM

They include one Indian national. Dhaka Metrppolitan Police's Joint Commissioner Monirul Islam told a media briefing on Thursday that the eight were nabbed from in front of the Malancha Community Centre at Jatrabari on Wednesday night.

They were identified as Mohd.Abdul Majid, 30, Monica, 29, Chanchala Rani 38, Md Ariful Islam, 26, Md Nabi Hossain, 40, Md Anwar Hossain, 30, Gopal Mondal, 56 and Indian national Nikhil Das, 45.

Three women who were to be trafficked into India were also rescued from them.

They were identified as Amena Begum, 20, Shanta, 16 and Runa Begum.

Assistant Commissioner Mahmud Nasser, who led the raids, told bdnews24.com that the gang involved in trafficking was sending young women to work as maids in Indian households. "They always target young women from poor families."

Nasser said that rescued Runa Begum had told police that tea-shop owner Abdul Majid has been promising him a good job in India for more than 20 days.

"Majid had asked Runa to gather few more young women promising all good jobs in India. So, Runa convinced Shanta and Amena to go to India for work."

As directed by Majid, the three women gathered near Malancha Community Centre on Wednesday.

But when they refused to go ahead with Majid, they were threatened with murder.

As they screamed, alerted residents informed the Detective Branch, leading to the police raid.

When asked how much money they had spent so far, the rescued woman said: "It does not take any money to go to India for work."

Police has moved the court, seeking a remand for the traffickers.

Monirul Islam said this gang was involved in human trafficking to India for a long time, using the Jessore border. He said the Indian national Nikhil Das was the kingpin of the ring.

"They would get TK 70,000 for sending a woman to India. This was lucrative."