Luring victims to China: 2 members of human trafficking network arrested in Dhaka

Police have arrested two members of a human trafficking gang for allegedly luring people and trafficking them to China.

A special team of Khagrachhari district police conducted raids in Uttara and Bashundhara areas of the capital and arrested two people, including a Chinese national, yesterday (June 8) and this evening.

Five victims were also rescued from an apartment in Uttara Sector 12 during the journey.

Speaking to the media today (June 9), Khagrachhari Police Super Mukta Dhar said that this gang was trafficking youths from Chattogram Hill Tracts to China by promising them high salaries and benefits.

She said following investigation into two separate general diaries filed on June 2, Panchhari police from Khagrachhari arrested the gang leader, Heli Chakma alias Sumi, and her husband Jisao Suhui from separate lanes.

Shafiul Azam, officer-in-charge of Panchhari police station, said the statements of five rescued victims were taken under Section 164 in the court of the Additional Chief Judicial Magistrate of Khagrachhari this evening.

They were later returned to their families.

One of the victims, Nirasha Chakma, told reporters that Heli Chakma contacted her through social media, offering her a well-paid job opportunity in China.

He was asked to go to Dhaka and was given Tk 5,000 for the trip.

Upon arrival in Dhaka, Nirasha said his phone was confiscated, cutting off communication.

She was rescued with the help of the police after informing her elder sister about the situation.