Officials of Criminal Investigation Department (CID) have detained three members of an international human trafficking group from different areas in Dhaka.
The detainees are Al Azad, Foroz and Krishno Gopal Dey.
CID SSP (Organised Crime) Mirza Abdullahel Baqui confirmed the matter to the Dhaka Tribune on Friday morning.
Later in a press briefing, Baqui said: “Azad was detained from Banani DOHS area, Firoz from Uttara and Krishno from Tati Bazar area in a night long drive conducted on Thursday.”
Meanwhile, Tk15 lakh was recovered from Krishno's possession.
He said: “An Australian citizen named Mr John had come to Bangladesh five months ago. He posted an advertisement in Bikroy.com about his chain shops. He lured people with the fake promise of recruiting them.
“The man took three fortune seekers to Indonesia with the promise of giving them job in Australia and detained them there. Later, he released them after talking ransom from their families in Bangladesh.”
The victims returned to Bangladesh and one of them --Kauser Ahmed-- filed a case with Demra police station which was later handed over to CID.
The SSP said: “Kauser had paid Tk16 lakhs as ransom. The detainees were working for John.”
“A lot of the members of the international trafficking gang are staying abroad. We will request the Interpol to help us arrest John and the others,” he added.
