A court here on Wednesday placed two suspected human traffickers on a 4-day remand each in a case over trafficking Bangladeshi people to Libya.

The Libyan government has strongly condemned the killing of Bangladesh citizens in Libya and vowed to bring the perpetrators to justice.

Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) members have  arrested  the ringleader of a human trafficking gang from Khilbarirtek of Shahadatpur area in the city early Monday in connection with the killing of 26 Bangladeshis in Libya.

Human traffickers demanded 12,000 US dollar as ransom from the family of Rakibul, one of the 26 ill-fated Bangladeshis who lost their lives in a gun attack in Libya.

Bangladesh-based international development organization Brac on Friday demanded arrest and punishment of the gang involved in killing 26 Bangladesh citizens in Libya.