Arrested Libyans
Envoy denies link
Libyan Chargé d' Affaires in Dhaka Kamel Al-Mahjoub yesterday refuted an ATN Bangla report which stated that he had connections with three Libyan nationals arrested on October 24 for their alleged cheating in manpower recruitment.
“Supporters of assassinated Libyan president Muammar Gaddafi were hatching a conspiracy to tarnish the Libyan government's image with assistance from an electronic media,” he said at a press conference in the capital's Hotel Westin.
The three and a Bangladeshi woman were arrested by Detective Branch of Police from a Gulshan hotel with 684 Bangladeshi passports, US $ 1.81 lakh and Tk 10.66 lakh in their possession.
In the November 6 report, ATN Bangla said the three were seen attending a press conference of Kamel in Dhaka last July.
Kamel yesterday said those sitting beside him at the press conference were his colleagues and the embassy's staff and it was not his concern to see who was sitting next to his colleagues.
The report said as per detectives' claims, Kamel was selling visas with assistance from the three and misappropriated huge amounts of money.
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