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18 Rohingyas rescued from traffickers

Staff Correspondent
Motijheel police yesterday rescued 18 Rohingyas and arrested three alleged human traffickers, who brought the Myanmar nationals to Dhaka for trafficking them out to Saudi Arabia with Bangladeshi passport.
Police raided room numbers 78, 87, 89 and 91 of Lucky Boarding in Fakirer Pool and rescued four boys, as many girls, four women and six males. They were gathered from Kawarbil, Alitang and Balukhali of Mangu district in Myanmar. They all had Bangladeshipassports.
Police also seized unconfirmed air tickets from the traffickers -Morshed Alam, Kamal Uddin and Sakcr -- who were arrested on charges of illegally entering Bangladesh by producing false papers.
Police yesterday arrested Mahbub Alam, owner of a travel agency, for his alleged involvement with Ilie human traffickingracket.
The rescued Rohingyas arc Abul Kalam. 50, Mohammad Rafiq, 20, Sanjida Begum, 30, Sabu Alam, 8, Noor Mohammad, 7, Siree Jahan, 35, Syed Ullah, 10, Humayara Begum, 5, Kawsher Bibi, 10, Hossain Ahmed, 20, Sulatan Ahmed, 30, Noor-c-Alam, 40. Mohammad Hossain, 16, Alam Rezan. 35, UmmeKawshar, 13, Sadda Hussain, 7, Fatema Khalun, 30andNoorKaba,5.
They were brought to Dhaka five
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days ago and made an overnight stay at Nasir Boarding at Khatunganj in Chittagong before coming to Dhaka. Some of them said they have relatives in Saudi Arabia and were going there to findjobs.
The three traffickers hail from Teknaf of Cox's Bazar. The alleged ringleader, Morshed, told reporters they were going to perform pilgrimage in Saudi Arabia. He said he would get 200 rial for flying each one of them to SaudiArabia.
"We are sure they were brought to Dhaka to be trafficked out of the country," Officer-in-Charge of Motijheel Police Station AKM Rafiqul Islam said.
The victims however said they
came to Bangladesh during the refugee influx in 1991-92 and have been livingin Teknaf since then.
Police are trying to find out the route they used for coming all the way from Myanmar. They also believe there are other people involved with the racket, both in Bangladesh and Saudi Arabia. The eight children would be taken into safe custody, police said.
The assistant commissioner of police of Motijheel, Rezaul Haque, said the three traffickers would be charged under the Foreigner's Act and women and children trafficking prevention act.