Actress Pori Moni, film producer Nazrul Islam Raz and two others were produced before a Dhaka court on completion of their four-day remand in two cases filed under the Narcotics Control Act.
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Two members of a transnational racket today confessed to a magistrate that they were involved in trafficking young women and girls to India for one year.
They are: Mehedi Hasan Babu and Mohiuddin.
Dhaka Metropolitan Magistrate Debbrata Biswas recorded the confessional statements of Mehedi and Mohiuddin after the duo were produced at the magistrate s chamber on completion of a five-day remand in a case filed for trafficking a young girl who returned home from India last month after escaping captivity, court sources said.
The court also set May 23 for the next hearing in the case.
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The magistrate also said the accused cannot submit any bail petition until the the victim is traced, court sources said.
Police detained Sultan soon after a video of him assaulting a rickshaw-puller went viral on social media on May 4, which triggered widespread criticism.
In the video, Sultan Ahmed, a resident of the area, was seen verbally abusing and hitting the rickshaw-puller.
Despite being assaulted, the rickshaw-puller was seemingly calm and was weeping. Yet, Sultan continued slapping him. At one stage, the rickshaw-puller collapsed and lost consciousness.
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