DHAKA, June 10, 2021 (BSS) – A court here today placed another accused in a human trafficking and pornography case filed by a young girl that was trafficked to India and managed to return home recently.
Dhaka Metropolitan Magistrate Md Shahinur Rahman passed the order to place Akbar Ali on four-day remand in the case.
The court ordered to place him on remand as investigation officer and Hatirjheel Police Station Inspector Mohammad Mohiuddin Faruk produced the accused before it and pleaded to place him on 10-day remand.
Police on June 8 arrested Akbar from Dhabakpara Kaliani 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.
According to the case documents, the girl came in contact with Hridoy alias Tiktok Hridoy in 2019 in Hatirjheel area and he 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, offering her with a good job there.