Staff Reporter :
Three trafficked girls were rescued by the Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) from Gazipur’s Tongi, and Mymensingh town on Monday afternoon.
They are: Fatema Akhter, 22, Rita Akhter, 20, and Rokhsana Akhter, 20.
The elite force members have also detained six suspected men in this connection. They are: Liton, 30, Shamim, 28, Masud, 38, Rabiul, 40, Rafiqul, 24, and Swapna, 22, said Major Hussain Raisul Azam Moni, Legal and Media Wing Deputy Director of RAB.
He declined to divulge details, saying, they would brief the media later on.
RAB-1 Commanding Officer Lt Col Tuhin Mohammad Masud, said “The victims were being taken to India in the name of good job. But they were sold to the broker of brothel in Tongi and Mymensigh district town.”
Following the information, RAB members conducted separate drives in the areas and rescued them, the RAB official said.
The arrested persons are being interrogated in this connection, the CO said. Legal action will be taken against the arrested men, he said.
Three trafficked girls were rescued by the Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) from Gazipur’s Tongi, and Mymensingh town on Monday afternoon.
They are: Fatema Akhter, 22, Rita Akhter, 20, and Rokhsana Akhter, 20.
The elite force members have also detained six suspected men in this connection. They are: Liton, 30, Shamim, 28, Masud, 38, Rabiul, 40, Rafiqul, 24, and Swapna, 22, said Major Hussain Raisul Azam Moni, Legal and Media Wing Deputy Director of RAB.
He declined to divulge details, saying, they would brief the media later on.
RAB-1 Commanding Officer Lt Col Tuhin Mohammad Masud, said “The victims were being taken to India in the name of good job. But they were sold to the broker of brothel in Tongi and Mymensigh district town.”
Following the information, RAB members conducted separate drives in the areas and rescued them, the RAB official said.
The arrested persons are being interrogated in this connection, the CO said. Legal action will be taken against the arrested men, he said.
