13 illegal passport brokers jailed

A mobile court backed by Rab arrested 13 illegal passport brokers near the passport office in the capital and gave them three-month jail term each yesterday.

They are Alamgir, Mintu, Mahbub Alam, Nazrul Islam, Tipu Munshi, Azam Mandol, Saddam Sardar, Alamgir, Din Islam, Abdur Rahim, Nur Jahan, Nasima and Rozina.

Despite warnings from the authority, they had been taking money from people promising them to earn passport in the shortest time without police verification, Rab officials said.

Around 40 to 45 such brokers usually run their illegal activities in front of the passport office everyday, they added.