Police yesterday detained three members of a racket involved in trafficking people to India.
They also rescued two victims - Rakib Hossain and Mohammad Hassan - from Bank Colony area in Chittagong city.
The arrestees, Mohammad Selim, 25, of Bagerhat, Mohammad Ali, 19, of Jhalakati and Helal Uddin Rana, 21, of Pirojpur, were sued in a case lodged with EPZ police station.
“Two other members of the gang –Mamun and Monir – are now on the run,” said EPZ police OC Abul Kalam Azad.
“They were planning to send 12 people to Bangalore with the promise of giving jobs with a salary of Tk25,000.
“The smugglers seek ransoms between Tk1,00,000 and Tk2,00,000 from each once they are inside Indian territory,” he added.