Ex-minister Imran Ahmad on 3-day remand in human trafficking case

A Dhaka court on Monday placed former expatriates' welfare and overseas employment minister Imran Ahmad on three-day remand in a case lodged over human trafficking and embezzling Taka 24,000 crore by creating manpower recruiting syndicates.

Dhaka Metropolitan Magistrate Mehera Mahbub passed the order as police produced Imran, also the former lawmaker of Sylhet-4 constituency, before the court and pleaded to place him on 10-day remand in the case.

A team of detective branch of police arrested Imran Ahmed from the capital's Banani area on late October 20.

Afia Overseas proprietor Altab Khan filed the case with the capital's Paltan Police Station on September 3 against 103 people including Imran Ahmed, former secretary Dr Ahmed Munirus Salehin, former lawmakers Lt Gen (retd) Masud Uddin Chowdhury and Benjir Ahmed.