The father of a survivor of recent Bangladeshi migrant killings in Libya, has filed a case against 16 people under human trafficking and anti-terrorism acts of Bangladesh.
Mannan Munshi, from Shariatpur Sadar upazila, filed the case with Dhaka’s Paltan police station on Thursday.
Paltan police station Sub Inspector (SI) Shahin Uddin confirmed the matter.
Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) Detective Branch (DB) Deputy Commissioner (North) Moshiur Rahman said the case will now be investigated by them.
They will investigate to find out how Mannan’s son Rakib was taken to Libya and who else, other than the currently accused, were involved, he added.
Mannan Munshi told Dhaka Tribune that eight to nine months ago, two of his acquaintances, Mohsin and Monir, tempted him to earn a lot of money by sending his son to Libya.
He agreed and sold some of his land to give Tk3.5 to Mohsin. Rakib was subsequently taken to Libya, kept hostage and tortured and he had to again provide the same amount of money, he added.
After surviving a brutal assassination spree in Libya, Rakib called them once but has not contacted the family since then, said Mannan.
“I demand justice,” he added.
Meanwhile, the Criminal Investigation Department (CID) has also filed two cases in Paltan and Banani police stations.
Paltan Police SI Shahin Uddin said, CID’s Organized Crime Department’s Sub-Inspector Rafikul Islam filed a case naming 36 people along with a few unnamed on early Friday.
On the other hand, CID’s Organized Crime SI Md Kamruzzaman filed another case against 33 people along with an unidentified few in Banani police station on Thursday night.
On May 28, 26 Bangladeshi migrants were shot and killed by human trafficking gangs in Libya.
