Cumilla 'Human Trafficking Syndicate’ Arrested

Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) officers rescued three Rohingyas and three accused members of a foreign human trafficking racket today from different parts of Upazila Chouddagram.

The arrestees were identified as Abdur Rahim Rubel, 25, son of Abul Kalam, Nurul Haque, 29, son of Fazlul Haque and Foysal Ahmed Rony, 32, son of Kamal Uddin of the Upazila.

Tipped off, a Rab-11 team conducted a drive at the Dharkara Bazar and Chiura areas and arresting the three human traffickers, said Major Talukdar Nazmus Sakib, Company Commander of Rab-11..

The elite force members also rescued three Rohingyas including a young girl and recovered huge fake passports, fake birth certificates, other documents, three computers, two printing machines, one scanner machine, seven mobile phone sets and Tk 60,540 in cash from their possession.

They used to take Rongingyas from Cox’s Bazar camp to other parts of the country alluring them of sending abroad and trafficked them to Malaysia and other countries making fake Bangladeshi passports, said the Rab official.