Dhaka, June 16 -- The Criminal Investigation Department (CID) has arrested a ground officer of Biman Bangladesh Airlines for allegedly assisting three passengers in travelling to Italy using fake Schengen visas through a human trafficking network.

The arrested official, Mohammad Akhlasur Rahman, was detained from Jamalpur on Tuesday morning, CID's Special Superintendent (SS) of Police Badrul Alam Molla told a press briefing at the agency's headquarters in Malibagh.

According to CID, the three passengers left Dhaka for Italy on May 26 on a Biman Bangladesh Airlines flight. Two of them-Mostafizur Rahman Anik and Akshay Chandra Das-were detected with forged Schengen visas upon arrival at Rome airport and were subsequently sent back to Bang...