Rab at ZIA to check terror threats, human trafficking
Staff Correspondent
The home ministry yesterday ordered deployment of Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) at Zia International Airport (ZIA) to check human trafficking and carry out primary probe into any possible terror activity.Currently, 19 intelligence and security agencies are deployed at ZIA, but they proved largely ineffective. A meeting at the ministry with State Minister for Home Affairs Lutfozzaman Babar in chair made the decision. The minister said if any citizen goes abroad using fake passport and visa, he or she is subject to harassment and deportation. Such an event also tarnishes the image of the country, he told the meeting. Babar instructed the elite force to monitor the ZIA and inform authorities prior to any possible terrorist attack. The government is ready to stop people travelling abroad with fake passport and visa, Babar said, adding, they are serious to check human trafficking. Home Secretary Omar Farooq, inspector general of police (IGP), chief of RAB Anwarul Iqbal and high officials were present. The US on Monday blacklisted Bangladesh among 10 nations for failing to adequately fight international sex trafficking, opening the way for possible sanctions. It said Bangladesh is not doing enough to combat human trafficking and will be subjected to sanctions unless the country demonstrably improve its records by October.
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