8 traffickers arrested

DB police raided some areas at Jatrabari in city and picked up 8 traffickers including an Indian woman on Thursday.
DB police raided some areas at Jatrabari in city and picked up 8 traffickers including an Indian woman on Thursday.
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bdnews24.com :Eight involved in human trafficking into India from Bangladesh have been nabbed by police from Dhaka’s Jatrabari.They include one Indian national. Dhaka Metrppolitan Police’s Joint Commissioner Monirul Islam told a media briefing on Thursday that the eight people 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.”

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