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The Criminal Investigation Department (CID) has claimed that two foreign airlines were involved in human trafficking from Bangladesh. CID Chief Additional Inspector General for Police Attorney Mahbubur Rahman said that in the meantime, seven officials from the two organizations have been called to CID headquarters for questioning. Initially, they also admitted the truth of the incident. However, it did not reveal the names of the two airlines.
This was said by the head of the agency at a press conference at the CID headquarters in Malibagh, the capital, on Tuesday afternoon. He confronted reporters to provide details on the issuance of a red notice through Interpol seeking the whereabouts of six Bangladeshi nationals who had fled in human trafficking cases in various countries in the Middle East and Europe.
The six named in the red notice are Mintu Mia, Tanzimul alias Tanjid, Zafar Iqbal, Nazrul Islam Mollah, Shahadat Hossain and Swapan. Nazrul’s house is in Madaripur, Shahadat’s house is in Dhaka, and the other four are in Kishoreganj. Tanzimul is currently in Italy.
The CID chief said there were reports of two foreign airlines involved in human trafficking in the Middle East and Europe. All those who have been trafficked from the country have received visit or conference visas, but these visas require that they have a return ticket if they go to any country. But none of those people took return tickets. This is the fault of the airlines. Your officers are involved. Most of the trafficked persons went to these two airlines.
Mahbubur Rahman said: “We have also spoken with high-ranking officials from the two airlines.” He said the authorities of the two airlines had “seen the matter” in their own investigation and would also look into the matter.
The CID chief said: “On October 16, the Bangladeshi police asked Interpol for help in arresting six human traffickers. On November 26, Interpol issued a red notice. So far, six people have been identified. We are also investigating if there are others like them abroad. He said that 36 Bangladeshi citizens had been trafficked to Libya at different times since May 2019. They were taken to Benghazi, Libya, to be sent to Italy and Spain. On May 26, 26 people were shot to death seeking ransom. In this case, 28 cases were filed across the country on human trafficking charges. The CID presented three cases as plaintiffs. The rest belong to the families of the victims.
By the way, the CID is investigating 25 of the 26 cases of human trafficking following the murder of those 26 Bangladeshis. So far 181 people have been arrested. A charge sheet has also been filed in a case filed in Habiganj. Of the accused arrested, 42 have made confessional statements in court.
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