Women trafficking: Probe report against choreographer Ivan on Mar 24

A Dhaka court today fixed March 24 for the submission of an investigation report against national award-winning dancer-choreographer Ivan Shahriar Sohag in a case filed over trafficking women to Dubai.

Metropolitan Magistrate Begum Yasmin Ara set the new date as the investigation officer concerned failed to submit the probe report on Sunday (March 7).

Earlier on September 21 of last year, a Dhaka court placed Ivan Shahriar Sohag on seven-days’ remand in the case.

On September 11, 2020, a team of the Criminal Investigation Department (CID) arrested Ivan Shahriar Sohag for his alleged involvement with trafficking women to Dubai.

CID officials said, based on information from Dubai Police, the ringleader of a female trafficking ring, Azam Khan and his four associates were arrested in August last year.

Several dance organisers, dancers and owners of dance clubs are involved with this ring who targeted mainly the members of small dance clubs or troupes performing at various social events, police said citing deposition of Azam and his aides.

Ivan Shahriar Sohag was shown arrested in a case filed against Azam Khan and his four associates under The Prevention and Suppression of Human Trafficking Act 2012 on July 2, 2020, by Assistant Superintendent of Police at CID Mrinal Kanti Das.

Sohag has a dance troupe named ‘Sohag Dance Troupe’. He won the 42nd National Film Awards under choreography category for choreographing in the 2017 Dhallywood film ‘Dhat Teri Ki’.

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