An Indian national was arrested at Dhaka's Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport on Sunday night while trying to board a UK-bound flight with a fake visa. He was identified as Shakthivel (26). The man was trying to secure a boarding pass for a Biman flight when an official suspected his visa was fake, Alamgir Hossain, additional superintendent (ops and media) of Airport APBn,
The judge then fixed March 1 to start the trial of the case.
On September 10 last year, Rapid Action Battalion pressed charges against the couple in the drugs case.
Rab-1 arrested Papia, her husband a former Chhatra League leader and their two accomplices from Dhaka s Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport on February 22 last year when they were trying to leave the country.
The elite force members recovered seven passports, Tk2,12,270, fake notes worth Tk25,600, $11,481, 420 Sri Lankan rupees, 301 Indian rupees and two debit cards from their possession.
Rab later raided Papia s flats in the capital s Farmgate and recovered a foreign-made pistol, two magazines, 20 bullets, five bottles of foreign liquor, Tk 58,41,000 cash, credit and debit cards of different banks.