Saturday, April 20, 2024
The Criminal Investigation Department (CID) of police has arrested national award winning dancer-choreographer Ivan Shahriar Sohag for his alleged involvement in trafficking women to Dubai.
He has been arrested from the capital city on Thursday night, confirmed CID Sub Inspector Md Kamruzzaman.
A media briefing will be held on Saturday, regarding this, Kamruzzaman said.
CID officials said, based on information from Dubai Police, ringleader of a female trafficking ring, Azam Khan and his four associates were arrested last month.
Several dance organisers, dancers and owners of dance clubs are involved in this ring who targeted mainly the members of small dance clubs or troupes who perform at various social events, police said citing deposition of Azam and his aides.
Ivan Shahriar Sohag has been shown arrested in a case filed on July 2 by Mrinal Kanti Das, assistant superintendent of police at CID, against Azam Khan and his four associates under Human Trafficking Act.
Sohag will be produced before the court on Saturday.
Sohag has a dance troupe named ‘Sohag Dance Troupe’. He won the 42nd National Film Awards under choreography category for choreographing 2017 Dhallywood film ‘Dhat Teri Ki’.
