A US citizen of Bangladeshi origin was picked up from the capital by a joint team of government intelligence agents, handed over to the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) and sent back to the US, according to a CNN report. CNN reports that on Monday, Ehsanul Islam Sadequee, was arrested in Dhaka, according to his sisters. He was handed over to FBI and put on a plane to New York on Thursday, the US federal sources said. He is expected to face charges in the eastern district of New York, the report said.CNN also reports that Sadequee's sisters said they were shocked by the news and that their brother has no ties to terrorism. His sister, Sharmin Sadequee, said her brother works for an Atlanta-based non-profit group, Raksha. The organisation's web site states that Raksha, founded in 1995, "addresses social issues within our South Asian community such as family violence and divorce, as well as issues concerning children, senior citizens and new immigrants."
"We are very shocked and startled and hurt," said Sharmin Sadequee, who lives in Michigan. "We still don't know why he was taken by the Bangladeshi government and the FBI," she said, according to the report.