Kamal Uddin alias Haji Kamal, suspected leader of a human trafficking gang, was shown arrested today in two cases filed over the killing of 26 Bangladeshis in Libya on May 28. The other case was filed on June 5 with the same police station against 36 including Kamal and 30 unnamed persons over same offences. Kamal, Akbar Hossain Sheikh, Shahid Miah, Helal Miah and Zulhas Sardar were shown arrested in the first case and apart from Kamal, two others --Nur Hossain and Khabir Uddin-- were shown arrested in the second case. Before showing them arrested, Metropolitan Magistrate Begum Yasmin Ara, via a virtual court of Dhaka, witnessed them at Keraniganj Central Jail and Kishoreganj Jail. Lt Col Rakibul Hasan, commanding officer of Rab-3, on that day said Kamal has trafficked more than 400 people to Libya over the last decade.

Source: Libya Today June 30, 2020 09:33 UTC