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The Rapid Action Battalion has arrested five suspected human traffickers and rescued 16 victims in operations on hotels at Wari in Dhaka.
Published : 12 June 2021, 04:45 PM
Updated : 12 June 2021, 04:45 PM
The arrestees are Jubayer Ahsan, 26, Md Sajal Bepari, 23, Md Joynal Mia, 22, Md Jan Mia, 25, and Md Arman, 22.
Two of them were arrested during a raid on The New Dhaka Boarding hotel at Raisaheb Bazar bend on Nawabpur Road on Friday night, the RAB said in a media release on Saturday.
As many as 10 victims were rescued during the drive.
Three more were arrested and another six rescued during a drive on Hotel Ibrahim in the same area.
The suspects are members of a gang that have been trafficking women and girls for sex, the RAB said.
It conducted the drives after a video clip of a young Bangladeshi woman being assaulted in India revealed horrifying tales from victims of sex trafficking.
Previously arrested suspects have admitted to trafficking more than a thousand girls, an acknowledgement that has sent shock waves across Bangladesh.
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