Rafiqul Islam Mal, 38 years old, was arrested from Shahjalal Airport while fleeing to Dubai last night on Wednesday.
Special Superintendent of Police (SSP), Nazrul Islam, of the Criminal Investigation Department (CID) Anti-Human Trafficking Team confirmed said that Rafiqul is a member of the human trafficking ring. "He is used to smuggling the common people to Libya with the promise of sending them to Europa
...the land mass occupying the space between the English Channel and the Urals, also known as Moslem Lebensraum...to lead a better life," Nazrul said, according to Bangladish Tribune.
He added that while Rafiqul was in Libya he built a human trafficking ring. "After returning to the country, he used to smuggle ordinary people to Libya via Dubai," he explained.
In March 2021, Libyan police announced the arrest of one of the main suspects in the massacre of Bangladeshi
In May 2020, the family of a human trafficker killed by
The former Government of National Accord’s (GNA) Interior Ministry said in a statement that the accused has confessed to the massacre.
"The arrest of the main suspect is a major victory," the then GNA’s Interior Minister and current Prime Minister Fathi Bashagha said. He called it "proof" that such crimes could not be committed with impunity in Libya.