Police arrested five people after raiding a residential building beside Rabeya Hospital in Chowmuhani municipality, Begumganj, Noakhali, over allegations of producing pornography videos. The overnight operation on Thursday rescued four young women who police said had been brought from different districts with promises of jobs and then confined. The suspects were sent to jail through a court on Friday afternoon.

Those arrested were Md Salahuddin Biplob, his wife Parvin Akter, their sons Fahad Hasan and Arafat Yasin Fahim, and Abdur Rahim. Police said they were from Homna upazila in Cumilla and had lived in rented accommodation in Noakhali for a long time. The raid followed a covert call for help to the national emergency service 999 by one of the rescued women.

Police seized a video-recording camera, six mobile phones, a whip, a knife, scissors and Tk198,000 in cash from the site. One rescued woman filed a case against six people, alleging she was offered a parlour job, confined, forced into sexual acts and filmed. Police said two cases, involving human trafficking and pornography, were filed, and the rescued women remain in police custody.