WATCH | Kidnapped: How Bangladeshi man was held for ransom a day after entering SA

Shabuj Mia​ is one of 10 Bangladeshi nationals snatched while travelling from the Musina border to an undisclosed location in SA.

After being rescued during a police operation, Mia is under the care of his “people” or extended family — a far cry from the events that transpired after his arrival in SA on January 26.

Having sold their possessions to leave Bangladesh in search of a better life, Mia and company were welcomed to SA by being kidnapped and held for ransom. Mia says the group crossed the border at about 4pm for a short drive before being transferred to another vehicle with a different driver. They travelled for three hours towards Pretoria before being stopped by alleged police officers. The police wanted money from the driver, but he didn’t have enough,” Mia says. They were allegedly transported in the police vehicle to Peter Mokaba Stadium in Polokwane.

On February 10 a team of EMPD Swat​, organised crime and K9 officers raided the Bruma Lodge in Johannesburg.Mia says that at this point it dawned on him that the group had been sold from captor to captor. They were taken to a house in Johannesburg. During their three-day imprisonment there, the group met the “boss” of the operation, described by their captors as “the Pakistani”.He called our families in Bangladesh saying we aren’t eating, that we are suffering.

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