WEB DESK
A Bangladesh diplomat In United State has been arrested for not paying servant wages. The diplomat indicted on charges that he forced a foreign servant to work for his family in New York City without pay and assaulted him on several occasions.
Official said, he brought the Bangladeshi servant, identified as Md. Amin, to New York between 2012 and 2013 to work as household help, but took away his passport.
Prosecutors said 45-year-old Md. Shaheldul Islam was arraigned yesterday on grand larceny, assault, labour trafficking and other charges.
Prosecutors also said that Islam who is due back in court on 28th June, holds the post of Deputy Consul General of Bangladesh and has limited immunity.