"Soon after Mr Amin's arrival, the defendant allegedly took his passport and required the man to work 18 hours a day ... Even though Mr Amin had a contract which outlines his compensation, it is alleged he was never paid for his work," Queens District Attorney Richard Brown said in a statement. Shahedul has been reinstated to the Bangladesh Consulate in New York following the court order. Bangladesh government transferred him to Bangladesh's Permanent Mission to the United Nations as a counsellor after his bail last year. A Bangladeshi UN employee in the US was cleared of charges of visa fraud and underpaying a house help in December last year.

Source: bd News24 January 24, 2018 10:41 UTC