Three arrested in Rangpur for defrauding jobseekers

Police arrested three alleged frauds on Thursday afternoon on the charge of taking money from people in the name of giving them jobs at Begum Rokeya University, Rangpur.

Osman Gani (27), Tanvir Hossain (23) and Jahidul Islam (24) were held in front of the university in the city's Parkermor area where they went to collect money from a jobseeker, said police.

Forged recruitment documents, four bank cheques and four national ID cards were seized from their possession, said the law enforcers.

The gang already took Tk 4 lakh from another jobseeker, said Muhibbul Islam, a sub-inspector and in-charge of BRUR outpost police.

Abu Hena Mostofa Kamal, registrar of BRUR, filed a case accusing the arrestees on Thursday night, said the SI.

Yesterday, a Rangpur court sent the fraudsters to jail when they were produced before it, the police officer further told The Daily Star.

According to sources at Begum Rokeya University, a circular was published four months ago to recruit manpower at hird-grade and and fourth-grade, through outsourcing.

The fraud gang used the circular as an opportunity, although the recruitment process, has remained halted due to coronavirus pandemic, said university sources.