Two remanded over trafficking of girl to India

A court here today placed two people on five-day remand each in a case lodged over human trafficking and pornography, filed by a young girl who was trafficked to India and managed to return home recently.

The two remanded accused are Amirul Islam, 32, and Abdus Salam Molla, 36.

Dhaka Metropolitan Magistrate Md Mamunur Rashid passed the order as police produced the duo before the court and pleaded to place them on 10-day remand each.

Police on Monday arrested the accused from the bordering area of Satkhira.

The girl, who managed to escape her ordeal in India after 77 days in captivity and returned home, filed the case with Hatirjheel Police Station against 12 on June 1. The accused are Rifadul Islam Hridoy, Anis, Abdul Kader, Mehedi Hasan Babu, Mohiuddin, Harun, Bokul, Sobuj, Rubel, Sonia, Akil and Dalim.

Police have already arrested Abdul Kader, Mehedi Hasan Babu and Mohiuddin.

According to the case documents, the girl met Hridoy alias Tiktok Hridoy in 2019 in Hatirjheel area and lured her by promising to make her a Tiktok star. He took the girl to different hangouts and finally smuggled her to India on February 19, 2020, promising her a good job there.