Fraud Case: Jubo League leader, two aides placed on remand
Tk 1,200cr fake cheques seized
A Bogura court yesterday placed a Jubo League leader and his two cohorts on a five-day remand on charges of fraud.
The Detective Branch of Bogura police arrested the trio on Wednesday and seized fake cheques worth over Tk 1,200 crore from the spot.
The arrestees are Rabbi Shakil alias DJ Shakil, 32, son of Kazi Golam Mostafa, president of Tarash upazila Krishok League unit in Sirajganj; Humayan Kabir, 28, son of Abdul Malek of Kusumdi village in the upazila; and Harun Rashid, 26, son of Saidur Rahman of Garikhetra village in Manda upazila of Naogaon.
Shakil is the vice president of Tarash upazila Jubo League unit, Harun is an IT expert, and Shakil is an office assistant by profession, said police.
Imran Mahmud Tuhin, inspector of Bogura DB police, said they were arrested around 5:00 pm on Wednesday.
Earlier on Wednesday morning, a victim named Amanat Ullah Tareque, 33, of Bogura, filed a fraud case against Shakil.
The victim told The Daily Star, "Since September last year we had paid Tk 14.35 lakh to Shakil for getting a huge loan after seeing an online advertisement of Shakil's 'International Loan Service' page.
"Later, in October and December that year, Shakil sent us two cheque copies worth Tk 4.50 crore of Pubali bank. Later in doubt, we have sent the cheque copy to different bank experts and they told us that the cheques were fake."
Ali Asraf Bhuiyan, superintendent of Bogura police, said they seized fake cheques worth Tk 1201.72 core, fake appointment letters of Bangladesh Army and different government jobs, three computers, three printers, fake ID cards of different print and electronic media, 60 sim cards of different mobile operators, and two terabytes of fake edited documents."
Shakil and his gang members were using 12 Facebook accounts in different names, 35 Facebook pages, 22 online news portals, seven bank accounts in the purposes of cheating various young business entrepreneurs and individuals.
They have been doing this for at least seven years, said police.