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BSF rescues Bangladeshi woman from being trafficked, nabs Indian civic police volunteer
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BSF rescues Bangladeshi woman from being trafficked, nabs Indian civic police volunteer

Bangladesh Live News | @banglalivenews | 14 Sep 2020, 05:58 am
Dhaka, September 14: The Indian border police- Border Security Force- on Wednesday rescued a Bangladeshi woman from human traffickers and also arrested another individual, identified as a civic police volunteer.

Speaking about the incident, the BSF said, "On September 9, the troops of South Bengal Frontier rescued a Bangladeshi woman from the clutches of a human trafficking gang and also nabbed a Civic Police Volunteer (working as tout) who was trafficking the said woman illegally from India to Bangladesh through the location of Hakimpur ,112 Battalion BSF, North 24 Paragna border district."

 

According to the Indian forces, the woman was found during a routine check up which the troops carried out near Hakimpur check post.

 

“At about 1205 hrs, BSF party observed a suspicious woman moving towards Bangladesh side through Hakimpur checkpost. When BSF party stopped her for questioning purpose and asked for any legal documents to prove her identity, she failed to produce any identity documents,” said BSF.

 

The woman has been identified as Aina bibi, 25, and was taken into custody by the BSF. 

 

She is a resident of Khulna, Bangladesh.

 

The Civic Police Volunteer was nebbed from Hakimpur Bus Stand, based on inputs by the apprehended woman.

 

According to the forces, he was involved in human trafficking.

 

The apprehended Civic Police Volunteer has been identified as Bijoy Kumar Saha, a resident of Arshikari village in North 24 Pargans district of West bengal. Presently he is working as Civic Police Volunteer at PS Swaroopnagar.

 

“The matter was further conveyed to PS Swarupnagar. A team of PS Swarupnagar also came to the BSF Check Post(Hakimpur) for verification and found that the person namely Bijoy Kumar Shah is working with PS Swarupnagar as a Civic Police Volunteer,” said BSF.

 

An FIR has been lodged against the defaulters, said BSF.