Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) rescued 25 people including five women and 14 children from a hotel in Rajshahi city as they were being trafficked to India yesterday. Two persons -- Abdus Sattar and Robiul Islam from Kalia in Narail -- were arrested from the hotel for the trafficking bid. Sattar brought them to Rajshahi promising jobs in India, Rab officials said quoting some victims.Acting on a tip-off, a Rab team raided Elegance residential hotel at Gonokpara and rescued them. They were handed over to Boalia Police Station and a case was filed.
One of the victims told police that 10 of them belong to a joint family, and they had agreed to cross over to India in hope of earning enough to for a living.
Investigation officer of the case Abdus Sattar Khan said trafficker Abdus Sattar returned from Mumbai recently.