Hajj agencies' fraudulence leaves 100 stranded
Hajj pilgrims protest before the hajj camp in the capital's Ashkona yesterday as over 100 of them failed to travel to Saudi Arabia to perform hajj this year, being duped by some private hajj management agencies. Photo: Focus Bangla
While the last hajj flight left the country yesterday, over 100 hajj pilgrims failed to travel to Saudi Arabia to perform the holy ritual this year due to fraudulence by some hajj agencies, reports Ntv. Despite making all the financial payments, the hajj agencies failed to manage tickets and visas for the pilgrims, it added. Meanwhile, bidding goodbye to the pilgrims at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport, Civil Aviation and Tourism Minister Faruk Khan said a probe committee was formed to investigate the alleged fraudulence. The phones of Hajj Agencies Association of Bangladesh president and general secretary were found switched off.
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