They swindle crores of taka with their own visas and tickets

//Staff Reporter//

Based on the complaint of a victimized woman, the RAB came to know about the temptation to send her to Saudi Arabia as a fraudulent housemaid named Tofail. Victim agreed to go to Saudi Arabia. After that, if you want to go to Saudi Arabia, you have to train in Arabic language, saying that the victim was brought to Dhaka and detained and raped.

The human trafficking and fraudsters are tempted to send them to Europe through the Middle East by providing fake visas and tickets and taking away large sums of money from unemployed young women who want to go abroad. Immigration authorities returned the fake visas and tickets from the airport after they were shown at the airport.

RAB arrested four members of the fraud ring from Rampura and Hatirjheel areas of the capital on the basis of the victim’s allegations. After the arrest, the RAB said that even though they did not have any license to export their manpower, the victims were charged Rs 5 to 6 lakh per person. In the last five years, the gang has embezzled Rs 30 crore in the name of sending more than 500 men and women to different countries in the Middle East.

They were arrested Friday night. The arrested are Kamrul Ahmed (42), Khaled Masud Helal (38), Tofail Ahmed (38) and Mohammad Jamal (42). During this time, 26 passports, 1 monitor, 1 CPU, 100 visa copies, 125 tickets, Covid-19 sample collection test papers were recovered from them.

RAB-3 Commander Lieutenant Colonel Arif Mohiuddin Ahmed said this at a press conference at Karwan Bazar Media Center in the capital on Saturday afternoon.

He said the accused were members of an organized human trafficking and fraud ring. Kamrul is the ringleader of the ring and the other accused are his accomplices. They have no license to export manpower. They have been sending people to various countries in the Middle East illegally for a long time in the name of manpower export. He also used to take fake visas and fake tickets from unemployed youths who wanted to go abroad by showing the temptation to send people and get jobs.

At the press conference, Lieutenant Colonel Arif said that the arrested Kamrul went to Dubai in 2019 on a travel visa. From there, he got a residence visa in Dubai with the money earned from human trafficking and was earning money by buying a private car and driving himself. Corona returned to Bangladesh in 2021 and started sending people to different countries illegally on travel visas by contacting various tours and travels. There is a check fraud case against Kamrul in Chittagong and a case of Dutch-Bangla Bank worth Tk 16 lakh in Moulvibazar court. Over Rs 36 lakh was found in his various bank accounts.

The RAB official said Jamal Mahbub, one of Kamrul’s associates, was an assistant manager at International. Mahbub International has had their licenses blocked by BMET for their involvement in human trafficking. Jamal studied up to seventh grade. He has been involved in fraud and human trafficking with Kamrul for five years.

Khaled has been in Saudi Arabia for 15 years since 2001. Returning to Bangladesh in 2016, he started a restaurant business in Moulvibazar, Rajnagar. But not succeeding in that business, he joined Kamrul in deception and human trafficking. He studied till 8th class.

The RAB-3 captain said Tofail was arrested for driving. He also has a business of CNG parts and decorators in Moulvibazar. In the hope of making a huge profit, he joined Kamrul in deception and human trafficking. He got acquainted with Kamrul through his elder brother. Village relatives of the rescued Victim Tofail. Taking advantage of Victim’s helplessness, he was tempted to send her to Saudi Arabia. After that, the victim was brought to Dhaka and detained at Kamrul’s house and raped. The victim was also rescued during the RAB operation. The RAB also said that there is a theft case in the name of Tofail.