2 held for making fake certificates

Rab yesterday detained two persons from Nilkhet, on charges of producing fake academic certificates.

Saiful, 28, and Babul, 21, were arrested around 1:30pm in a drive. Two computers and some fake certificate-producing equipment were found with them, said Maj Ashraful Huq, second-in-command of Rab-10.

They had been producing fake SSC, HSC and other academic certificates in Nilkhet market for a long time, he said. Rab is looking for three others of the gang, he added.

In another raid, Rab arrested one Ripon, 27, who had been peddling drugs identifying himself as a journalist in Kadamtoli area, the Rab official said.