Human trafficking: CID ready to press charges against MP Papul, his brother
Skip to main content
  • Home
  • Economy
  • Stocks
  • Analysis
  • World+Biz
  • Sports
  • Features
  • Epaper
  • More
    • Subscribe
    • COVID-19
    • Bangladesh
    • Splash
    • Videos
    • Games
    • Long Read
    • Infograph
    • Interviews
    • Offbeat
    • Thoughts
    • Podcast
    • Quiz
    • Tech
    • Archive
    • Trial By Trivia
    • Magazine
    • Supplement
  • বাংলা
The Business Standard

Friday
August 19, 2022

Sign In
Subscribe
  • Home
  • Economy
  • Stocks
  • Analysis
  • World+Biz
  • Sports
  • Features
  • Epaper
  • More
    • Subscribe
    • COVID-19
    • Bangladesh
    • Splash
    • Videos
    • Games
    • Long Read
    • Infograph
    • Interviews
    • Offbeat
    • Thoughts
    • Podcast
    • Quiz
    • Tech
    • Archive
    • Trial By Trivia
    • Magazine
    • Supplement
  • বাংলা
FRIDAY, AUGUST 19, 2022
Human trafficking: CID ready to press charges against MP Papul, his brother

Crime

Zia Chowdhury
14 October, 2020, 08:25 pm
Last modified: 15 October, 2020, 10:50 am

Related News

  • Faisal Mutlaq Aladwani new ambassador of Kuwait to Bangladesh
  • Mohammad Ali Mia becomes new CID chief
  • Kuwait names first ambassador to Iran in over six years
  • Dalalplus embezzled Tk41cr: CID
  • Kuwait's Agility signs 1.4b euro facility with banks

Human trafficking: CID ready to press charges against MP Papul, his brother

Independent lawmaker Papul was arrested in Kuwait on June 6 this year on charges of human trafficking and money laundering, while his brother is on the run

Zia Chowdhury
14 October, 2020, 08:25 pm
Last modified: 15 October, 2020, 10:50 am
Kazi Shahid Islam Papul. Photo: Collected
Kazi Shahid Islam Papul. Photo: Collected

The Criminal Investigation Department (CID) of Police has made preparations to submit a charge-sheet against lawmaker Kazi Md Shahid Islam alias Kazi Papul, his younger brother, Kazi Mohammed Badrul Alam and their associates in a case filed over human trafficking to Kuwait.

Confirming the matter, CID's Senior Assistant Superintendent of Police, Jisanul Haque, told The Business Standard that they might file the charge-sheet within this month.

Aside from the Lakshmipur-2 independent lawmaker's reported involvement with human trafficking, the CID also found that his brother, Badrul Alam alias Liton Chowdhury was tied to the case, after his name was mentioned in a confessional statement filed in Bangladesh.

Brothers Papul and Liton trafficked around 1,574 Bangladeshis to the oil-rich Gulf country of Kuwait through his recruiting agency, Job Bank International, read the statement. Liton is currently absconding.

Papul was arrested in Kuwait on 6 June this year on charges of human trafficking and money laundering. Later, he not only confessed his involvement with the aforementioned activities, but also with illegal visa trading and bribing Kuwaiti officials, reported the country's media.

On 6 July, Mohammad Alim – an alleged victim of Papul's fraudulent activities who was deported to Bangladesh – sued MP Papul and his associates over allegations of human trafficking with the Motijheel Police Station.

The associates are Abdur Rashed, 54, Rezaul Karim, 45, and Monir, 33.

A day later, the CID began investigation on the case, and arrested Liton's accountant, Md Golam Mostafa, and three others within the next month. The arrestees gave their confessional statements before a court on 24 August.

On condition of anonymity, a CID official said they are currently searching for Liton's whereabouts, adding, "As his name came up in the confessional statement, we will bring him to book for sure."

Referring to the statement, CID sources said Papul and Liton used to jointly run the Job Bank International agency in Dhaka's Moghbazar area, which was later found shuttered after Papul's arrest in Kuwait.

Accountant Mostafa has confessed that Liton instructed him to lure people from several regions of the country with promises to send them abroad.

"Accountant Mostafa's middlemen would gather hundreds of people to send them to Kuwait by offering better jobs with lucrative salaries. But their dreams later turned into a nightmare as they never received the jobs or salaries promised to them," the statement read.

Meanwhile, a Kuwaiti court began the trial of MP Papul and other accused on 17 September, after rejecting his plea for release in the case accusing him of human trafficking, money laundering, bribing officials and threatening state security.

The Kuwaiti criminal court, headed by Counselor Abdullah Al-Othman, also ordered the detention of three other Bangladeshi nationals accused in the case, who were previously released by the prosecution.

According to Kuwaiti media reports, the country's lawmakers Saadoun Hammad and Salah Khorshid allegedly took bribes from MP Papul to help him conduct his businesses in Kuwait.

Thirteen people were accused in the case filed in Kuwait, including Major General Mazen Sheikh Mazem Al Jarrah, assistant under-secretary of the interior ministry of Kuwait.

Responding to a query, Bangladesh's Ambassador to Kuwait, Maj Gen Md Ashikuzzaman, said they are yet to get any official confirmation regarding the arrest and trial of MP Papul.

"We have learned the information about MP Papul's detention and trial from local media outlets," said Niaz Morshed, second secretary (political) of the embassy.

In an interview with The Business Standard in the last week of September, Additional Inspector General of Police and Chief of CID, Barrister Md Mahbubur Rahman, said they are very close to submitting the charge-sheet against the lawmaker over the human trafficking allegations.

Bangladesh / Top News

MP Papul / CID / human trafficking / Kuwait

Comments

While most comments will be posted if they are on-topic and not abusive, moderation decisions are subjective. Published comments are readers’ own views and The Business Standard does not endorse any of the readers’ comments.

Top Stories

  • Photo: Collected
    Container handling at Ctg port speeds up with new equipment, but imports drop
  • Photo: TBS
    4 female workers killed in Sreemangal tea garden landslide
  • Illustration: TBS
    China-Bangladesh currency clearance agreement can increase trade by 'an unimaginable scale': Li Jiming, Ambassador of China

MOST VIEWED

  • Photo: TBS
    BRT accident: Anomalies everywhere 
  • Photo: Pixabay
    Robbers loot gold from Keraniganj jewellery shop 
  • Bangladesh Bank heist: Probe report deferred for 65th time
    Bangladesh Bank heist: Probe report deferred for 65th time
  • Two Jamuna TV journalists assaulted by lawyers in Ctg court
    Two Jamuna TV journalists assaulted by lawyers in Ctg court
  • 4 members of rickshaw theft gang held in Dhaka
    4 members of rickshaw theft gang held in Dhaka
  • Photo: Collected
    Actor Jacqueline Fernandez laundered money, says Indian Enforcement Directorate

Related News

  • Faisal Mutlaq Aladwani new ambassador of Kuwait to Bangladesh
  • Mohammad Ali Mia becomes new CID chief
  • Kuwait names first ambassador to Iran in over six years
  • Dalalplus embezzled Tk41cr: CID
  • Kuwait's Agility signs 1.4b euro facility with banks

Features

Illustration: TBS

China-Bangladesh currency clearance agreement can increase trade by 'an unimaginable scale': Li Jiming, Ambassador of China

3h | Interviews
Postcrossing (which connects people through its website) is a system built for postcard enthusiasts, where anyone can sign up and create an account for free. Photo: Noor A Alam

Postcrossers: Reviving a lost art with strangers and postcards

2h | Panorama
We will be facing massive, recurring challenges in the coming years no matter what. Photo: Reuters

Holes in the recession story

1d | Panorama
Illustration: Bloomberg

What nonmonogamy can teach moonlighters and job jugglers

1d | Pursuit

More Videos from TBS

134-year-old traditional sandwich of New York

134-year-old traditional sandwich of New York

1h | Videos
How economic journalism touches lives

How economic journalism touches lives

5h | Videos
City dwellers fed up with unbearable heat

City dwellers fed up with unbearable heat

5h | Videos
Love, marriage, trolls, and an unusual death

Love, marriage, trolls, and an unusual death

16h | Videos

Most Read

1
From left Afzal Karim, Murshedul Kabir and Mohammad Jahangir
Banking

Sonali, Agrani and Rupali banks get new MDs

2
Russia now offers Bangladesh finished oil
Energy

Russia now offers Bangladesh finished oil

3
Photo: TBS
Bangladesh

5 crushed to death as BRT girder falls on car in Uttara

4
Photo: Collected
Economy

Bangladesh is not in a crisis situation: IMF

5
Dollar price drops by Tk8 in kerb market
Economy

Dollar price drops by Tk8 in kerb market

6
Eight more banks make unusual gains from forex dealings
Banking

Eight more banks make unusual gains from forex dealings

EMAIL US
[email protected]
FOLLOW US
WHATSAPP
+880 1847416158
The Business Standard
  • About Us
  • Contact us
  • Sitemap
  • Privacy Policy
  • Comment Policy
Copyright © 2022
The Business Standard All rights reserved
Technical Partner: RSI Lab

Contact Us

The Business Standard

Main Office -4/A, Eskaton Garden, Dhaka- 1000

Phone: +8801847 416158 - 59

Send Opinion articles to - [email protected]

For advertisement- [email protected]