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A case has been filed against former Expatriates' Welfare and Overseas Employment Minister Imran Ahmad, along with 103 others, on charges of money embezzlement and human trafficking. The case accuses them of embezzling Tk 240 billion.
Altab Khan, the proprietor of Afia Overseas (RL-1010), filed the suit at Paltan police station on Tuesday.
The accused in the case also include senior secretary of the Expatriates Welfare Ministry Dr Ahmed Munirus Saleheen, former Jatiya Party parliamentarian Lieutenant General Masud Uddin Chowdhury, Awami League lawmakers Benzir Ahmed and Nizam Uddin Hazari, and Ruhul Amin (Shawpon), proprietor of Catharsis International.
The lawsuit alleges that the defendants are part of an organised human trafficking ring.
They formed a syndicate under the guise of sending workers abroad and embezzled the money of thousands of workers through fraud and money laundering.