48 men rescued from trafficking
The 48 men rescued by Rapid Action Battalion while being trafficked to Malaysia through the Bay of Bengal and the two arrested traffickers, standing, in Chittagong yesterday. Photo: STAR
Rapid Action Battalion (Rab-7) rescued 48 men, who were told that they would be sent to Malaysia, and arrested two persons in this connection from Kadamtali area of Chittagong city early yesterday. The arrestees were Mohammad Suruzzaman, 43, running human trafficking business through Al-Bismillah International Travels, and his nephew Md Jahirul, 39, both from Enayetpur area of Chauhali upazila in Sirajgonj district. Acting on a tip-off, a team of Rab-7 conducted raids on four hotels, rescued the men and nabbed the traffickers, said Major Rakibul Amin, deputy director of Rab-7 and company commander of Crime Prevention Specialised Company of the battalion. The rescued were from Sirajganj, Tangail, Naogaon, Jhenidah, Magura and Pabna, Rab sources said. Most of them were weavers and others were farmers, grocers and unemployed persons. The rescued men told Rab personnel that Suruzzaman had taken money from them by assuring them that they would be sent to Malaysia and provided with jobs there. Suruzzaman said he would just make arrangement for the 48 men to board a ship yesterday morning and did not know what would happen afterwards. He has been living in Malaysia since 1996 and is in human trafficking business across Sirajgonj and other adjoining districts for the last two years, told Suruzzaman to The Daily Star.
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