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11 rescued from traffickers

17 October 2009, 17:00 PM

NATIONAL

UNB, Benapole

BDR jawans yesterday morning arrested 11 youths while being trafficked to India through Sadipur point. The arrestees are Subroto Majumdar, Babul Majumdar, Chandra Roy, Jahangir Alam, Abu Bakkar, Wadud Sheikh, Omar Faruq, Enayet Sheikh, Faruq Sheikh, Shakil Islam and Tayeb Ali. They hail from Khulna, Bagherhat and Gopalganj districts. Acting on a tip-off, a team of BDR-21 Rifles Battalion raided the area at about 7am and arrested them. Sources said, a gang of human traffickers took them to the border area in the name of giving better job in India.