5 'fraudsters' arrested in Dhaka
Police Bureau of Investigation (PBI) has arrested five members of a gang, which cheats people by promising them high-salary jobs, in Dhaka.
“The gang targets retired government and bank officials,” Mainul Hasan, additional deputy inspector general of PBI, told reporters at PBI metro office in the capital's Agargaon yesterday.
On complaints from the victims, PBI officials arrested the five in a Pallabi flat on Friday, he said.
The arrestees are: Harun-or-Rashid, 56, Sanaj Saha alias Uzzal Chowdhury, 47, Shamsul Alam Majumdar, 48, Aminul Islam, 37, and Moksedur Rahman Akan, 38.
PBI officials said they received complaints from at least 12 victims who lost around Tk 3 crore.
They said the gang used to rent well-decorated commercial spaces or flats at different places and publish lucrative ads. Sometimes, their field operatives would communicate with such retired officials, they added.
The PBI officials said if the potential victims were convinced, the gang members used to take them to their offices for meetings with their so-called managing director.
Of the gang members, Harun, who knows Hindi well, used to introduce himself as an Indian businessman.
After taking money, the gang would stop communicating and pack up their offices, said the PBI officials.
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