The Appellate Division on Sunday cancelled the bail orders of two accused and stayed the bail orders of two others in a case filed over the trafficking of 26 Bangladeshis killed in Libya last year.
A four-member Appellate Division bench led by Chief Justice Syed Mahmud Hossain passed the order.
Advocate Munsurul Haque Chowdhury and Advocate Ruhul Kuddus stood for the accused while Deputy Attorney General Bishwanath Debnath represented the state.
The bail orders of Kawsar Munshi and Mahabub Munshi were stayed while the bail of Sheikh Mahbub and Sheikh Shahidur was cancelled.
On June 1, 2020, Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) arrested Kamal Hossain alias Hazi Kamal, 55, from Khilbarirtek of Shahadatpur area in Madaripur city. He is suspected to be the ringleader of a human trafficking gang.
Last year, human traffickers killed 30 migrant workers, including 26 Bangladeshis, in a smuggling warehouse at Mezda, near the city of Gharyan, southwest of Tripoli, Libya .
Warlord Haftar's militiaman Khaled Al-Mishai, who was allegedly responsible for the killings, was killed in a drone strike by the Libyan Air Force.